Eight Stars North

The author was born and raised in upstate New York, traveling often to the forests of the Adirondack Mountains during his youth. Employed as a mechanic by local motorcycle shops, he pursued pro-am level motorcycle dirt track racing for several years before moving to Colorado. There, he continued working and occasionally racing motorcycles before traveling to Alaska in 1986 to pursue employment as a deck-hand aboard a commercial fishing vessel. There he faced numerous unexpected turns and challenges as well as the expected brutal conditions at sea during his stay in Alaska. Later he pursued a trucking career, driving "over the road" throughout the "lower forty eight" states, driving well in excess of one million miles during his twelve years behind the wheel. He now resides in the Bristol Hills of Western New York.