Biography

Well  KNEW in 2nd  Grade I was going to be a World Explorer!!  Growing up in Wi I  went to a Catholic School….Only  little  white kids…lol… No  Blacks..Mexicans  or folks  from Europe  or Asia….HOWEVER the  Nuns  would tell us  stories about their jobs..  living in the Congo…..& the 2 warring tribes… the Mow Mow’s and the Hottentots ..How  they  had  to  lock  up the school  for  safety..  Other  stories  how  Sister  broke  her  leg jumping a firepit in Bolivia on NY Eve for  Good  luck..Those  stories  changed me..  Then I  was 16  and a “new  friend ”  Introduced me to Jimmy  Buffett’s  Music…Soooooo  Now going to be a Pirate & A Explorer…  JUMP Ahead  just  turned  70  !!!!!!!!  WTH??????  Been in the  Travel Industry  Most  of my  life…….  Sooooo far  all 50  states…106  Countries  from the Travelers Century  Clubs  Official  List …6  out of  7  Continents … 40  some  cruises …And  Now a Grand  Dude.. Life  is Great…I  have  had  my Travel Agency  Travel Plus for over 40  years !!

My  Wife  Joy is a Surgeon  for the VA in  Phoenix  and also loves  Travel  along with the 2  cats  Stanley  &  Livingston…She  smiles and shakes her head  and says ” U  naughty  Baboon !! ” I  add on  with a Credit Card with a HIGH  Limit!!!   LOL  Very Blessed!!!

I  had a magazine Article written  about  me  called  THE  MAN WHO MET NO STRANGERS!!   Can  NEVER have too many  friends…

Hope  to meet u all someday…JIM  AKA  GrandDude Travelpirate2@aol.com