AND now, the 2015 BMW motorcycle is my new bike ... NO, I did not sell the Bonneville.
I bought the BMW in anticipation of planned trips first to the Blue Ridge Mountains and then later to Alaska...

SADLY ... I did take my trip to North Carolina ... on highway 1505 outside Andrews, NC is a diminishing radius curve.
Thats where I left the road and deposited my precious RT1200R in a ditch filled with granite rocks.
It's only money and I got yet another new one (2016). That's it in the last pic ... my trip to Savannah, Ga.

Jack - Jim - Pat

October 7, 2012 ... Less than one month before his 91st birthday, 
my Dad hooked these fish and passed the rod to my Sister Pat Ridaught Walker
who landed both critters with no aid from either Pop or myself!  
TWO 40 POUND FISH ON 12 POUND TEST LINE!
In defense of myself,  I did hook one MUCH larger than either of these ... only to have him pull the hook beside the boat.
A 91 year old man who still goes fishing ... A 72 year old son telling fish stores ... A sister who out-fishes them both ... Life is Good!

33" Red Drum	Black Drum	Another Black Drum	A very good day	27" Legal Red Drum
Shell Mound	27" Sea Trout	ALMOST like mine	Where's the anchor?	Mississippi Dear

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From the 80's

Below, pictures of more recent times.

Dave and Dave

Just Add Water

Doctor Wood

Doctor Dave

Dave´s AirBoat

Tommy Chairs

Red Drum

My Keywest Boat

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Steve Cook

Black Drum

My Cousin Steve Cook - the REAL fisherman in our family!

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Dave and his fish

My bad shirt day

Brian and the winner!

Dave Eckel, Randy McCelland, Brian Gallie, Shane and myself took an offshore trip out of Port Orange, Florida.
We were fishing on a reef that produced only very large Amber Jack.

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The airplane in the background,  N38300, is a Piper Warrior PA28-161. I flew this airplane many happy hours with my good friend - Bill Park. Gone, but not forgotten. Learning N38300 Cedar Key Airport Airborne Warrior Panel Tallahassee 1971 1986 2005 The years change 'stuff',  huh? In my life,  I have been privileged to count a number of remarkable people as friends. Pictured here,  with the Alaskan Tundra and Ecuadorian Jungle as a background,  is Dr. Robert Ardell Wallace;   Explorers Club Member,  Research Scientist and Author of numerous books in the field of Biology. Bob,  who called me brother,  stands with Dave Eckel,  Bill Park and my biological brother,  Ron Cook, as an integral part of the most influential people I have known. On the day of his funeral,  I said I would miss Bob´s wit and intelligence every day of the rest of my life. Nothing has changed! Bob Wallace 9K River Run Bob and Friends Gone Exploring... My friend, Joe Bender from Steamboat Springs, CO. My Jimmy Opp Eulogy Jimmy Opp 2006 Jimmy Opp 1971 Jimmy Opp (05/30/1944 ::: 09/22/2013) motorcycle buddy and FRIEND Treasures? Jim and Gail John and Candy Kelly and Shanie October, 2005.  My 65th birthday. Bill and Loretta Sidney/Bill/Gail Cyndee/Jim/Gail FUN! Cyndee Park December, 2006.  Watching the Gators WIN the SEC Championship in Atlanta. 1st Marathon 1986 Marathon 2002-2006 © Jim Cook                                                January 10 2016