Wilderness Counselor

My sister inspired me to apply at Camp Kuratli of Trestle Glen in Boring, Oregon. The application landed in the lap of Michael Kurtz in 2007, and he became one of my best friends to this day.

He liked how I drew myself in the application, since one of his questions is about drawing yourself, and he allowed me to be a wilderness counselor during the summers of the years of 2007 and 2008 at The Salvation Army's Camp Kuratli.

One of my favorite summers were those 2 years.

My camp name was Oatmeal in 2007.

In 2008, my nick name was the Ice Breaker.

Mike called me Ice Man, because he was Maverick from the film Top Gun.

He called me his right-winged man.

Travel The World

I have wanted to travel the world since I was eight years old in the year 1993. Around this time, I started drawing maps of the world, which I copy from a map on our Living Room wall.

Around this time, I had an annual State-Required Test which evaluates and considers the validity of my progress in Home School. I drew a map of the world during my all-day test in 1993.

That year, I drew pictures of me on a wheeled platform that is sailed by balloons which soar to the sky and attached by string as inspired from the balloons seen at car-dealerships like the Ford and Chevrolet near our neighborhood.

The balloons would entice people to come see me from far and near.

The wheels would allow me to travel the world.

Go to where the people are.

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