High - Personal best in LOTO Shootout.

Low - Losing Brad and Jeff at Cumberland and Kurt Caselli in Baja. :(

High spending alot of time on the water with my 1 yo daughter who just loves boating and sunsine. Started at 4 months on the boat.

Lows getting kicked in the nuts by the amount of taxes you have to pay for busting your ass trying to get ahead in life.

High - Going all season without one engine or drive failure when all the naysayers told me I was crazy for buying a boat with triples. Now I wanna put blowers and chillers on it so I can break stuff like the rest of you guys.

Low - Splitting with the ex not once but twice. In July and again after Key West. I am turning that into a high though as my boat got a bunch of new bow ornament prospects for Christmas.

Highs, attending all of the LEOPA poker runs this year as well as Flight Clubs Skaterfest. Met a bunch of new people over the summer.

Lows, hearing about all the accidents once again this year :(

Highs,,, Watching Boyne Thunder, and enjoying the Northern MI. summer, boat ran good all year topped out at 119 MPH, also meeting many new boaters.


Lows... Lost a good High School buddy (who Painted Cars) to Parkinson's

Highs..... Having my 81 year old Dad, tell me that our boat rides together are the time of his life. Watching the Heritage Coast OPA in East Tawas, on Fathers Day

Lows..... Not figuring out earlier in my life, that Dad would love Offshore boats this much. Having to put my best 4 legged Black Lab and friend, JessMan, down the morning of Fathers Day. God Bless those loyal companions.

Additional.... Thankful for my good health of many years, wonderful life and others who have allowed me into their friendship.

Buying my boat in March. Using it on the Illinois chain and the Three lakes Chain. Going on the River Shiver with it was a blast. My brother and his wife had a kid on November 25th. I became a first time Uncle. My best friend got married in October.

Highs my first trip to Key west. Not for races but just to visit there.

Lows. Lost both my grandfathers and split with wife(the second will eventually be a total high)