Valley High School
Class Of 1964
Gary Bland
| Residing In | Denver, CO USA |
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| Spouse/Partner | Cathy |
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| Occupation | Retired |
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| Children | Kristi |
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Posted on: Oct 05, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Dakuwaqa is a shark-god from Fijian mythology.
PS: If there is no video on your screen, click on the 'Full Screen' icon in the lower right corner of the video.
Posted on: Sep 01, 2024 at 1:53 PM
This was my Balloon back in the day. My daughter Kristi and I colored all the different ballloon colors templates that filled up all the walls in the basement and this one was the winner. My first couple flights was with my instructer, did a check ride with the certified guy and off we flew into the wild blue. I've flown in races in Sheridan, Wyoming, Grand Junction Colorado, Chatfield Reservoir South side of Denver (many, many times) and did the AIBF 4 times (I think). I remember taking off from the field and My brother came running after us yelling . . . "Throw me your keys!!!!" Thank god he got them since it would have been a very, very long day!
Had a lot of fun and and met a lot of wonderful people. Tony Scarton came out once and I was planning to giving him a ride, but the winds didn't coperate so didn't get him up.
Think I mentioned the my sister Gloria was in the running for Fiesta Queen. She had a lot of fun with the other girls.
Eventually Sold it to a guy in Boulder and I hear he sold it to someone in Phoenix!
IT WAS GREAT FUN!
Posted on: Aug 27, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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Posted on: Jul 27, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Follow this site quite a bit . . . and it is very well done. I enjoy looking at those I knew and didn't know. Think I've gone to one or two reunions over the past many years. Played some golf with some of the guys, saw some classmates that I recognized. I was pretty quiet in school though and haven't been very active since.
Retired early from Lockheed Martin (in Denver) and never looked back!
I was looking forward to attending this upcoming reunion!!!
BUT, I'd already committed to another trip to Africa during that time period (neighborhood friend and Cathy's eldest boy). Can't forgo one more time heading over there to the wildlife I've been addicted to over so many years.
Happy Birthday Tony!!! Been a few years! Sounds that you
and Judy are very Happy with one another these days and what with all the kids! Sounds like a great life!
Hope you are enjoying life and golf. I've played 4 times so far this spring (pretty good weather this year).
Again . . . Happy Birthday!
Gary
Posted on: Oct 02, 2023 at 2:33 AM
Hi Jay,
Don't keep in touch with anyone much anymore . . . was pretty shy in HS. Did make it down to a reunion a couple of times (good times) and played a little golf the both times around. Enjoy hearing about where classmates are and what they are doing these days.
My partner, Cathy and ran up to Yellowstone a month ago . . . I've been there several times and it's always WOW!
Considered going to the Black Hills and Mount Rushmore but we didn't have the time to run over.
Sounds like you live in a pretty Idyllic place. Might have gone thru there if circumstances had been different.
Away hope the both of you are doing well these days. Was impressed with the Navy experience.
ll the best . . Gary
Posted on: Jul 12, 2023 at 8:19 PM
“Wildest of the Wild West” by Howard Bryan
This is the book I finished reading about a week ago. Think I did it in record time. It is about a lot of NM history which I think some of you may be into.
First. A little more about me and my family. Dad moved us from the oilfields of SW Texas to a new job he had accepted in Las Vegas, New Mexico. I started school there at Douglas Elementary (I think) before we moved to Santa Fe where I went into my last elementary year in the sixth. Then on to Leah Harvey Junior High School.
OK . . .Then we moved again to Albuquerque. Garfield Junior High and then to Valley and graduation.
All this is background to my interest in the book, which was given to me by my older sister “Sherrill” (Class of ’62).
The first paragraph on the opening flap goes as follows . . .
“The Wild West” stories of Dodge City, Deadwood, and Tombstone pale in comparison to the incredible story of Las Vegas New Mexico, for decades considered the most violent community on America’s Western frontier.”
I couldn’t put it down. Not just for Las Vegas, but it also includes a smattering of the law and lawless history of New Mexico.
If you do get into it . . . drop me a line and let me know.
Gary
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Dad's Birthday Party - final night at lodge in Masai Mara National Preserve, Kenya.Thanks Bob, Nancy, Carol, Susan and everyone else on this trip for making it a very special memory for him. Every time I saw him after that (right up to the end) he would remind me of how great a time it was for him. Asante Sana, marafiki!
"hakuna matata" Dad!
Costa Rica 2010
DescriptionFlat Tops
A trip to the Flat Tops Wilderness in Northwest Colorado, 8/18/11. Pictures begin as I caught my limit at Stillwater Reservoir, more pictures in the woods behind my campsite and then down to Bear Lake and a 5 hour hike on the Mandall Lakes trail only to be stopped by a raging stream (lots of runoff late in the year). Loved the wildflowers - probably a week or three past their prime. Loved revisiting the experience again by putting together this videoBotswana 96 Video
Highlights from my limited videos of my first trip to Africa - the Okavango Delta, Chobe National Park and Victoria FallsSouth America 2007yt
PPT slideshow of 2007 trip to South America: Lima, Amazon basin, Nazca Lines, Cusco, Machu Picchu, Quito, Galapagos.There is over 6 minutes of music You Tube had me take out and I haven't found a replacement yet. For now I think it is very watchable and I love the music they let me keep. Enjoy!
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Butterflies, Birds, Beasts and fishAlaska Highway Revised
As the title says, a trip up and back on the Alaska Highway. The year was 1992, the trip was from Denver to Fairbanks and back again with a couple side trips to Skagway and Hyder, AK.This show had been revised to improve the timings on the slides so it will be easier to view. Also corrected a few miscues.