Craig Green

SEE blog homepage above (LibertyAlumniDiscussions) for my complete bio (just below photo).

B.S. Mechanical Engineering - UNM - 1969.
M.S. Civil Engineering - University of Denver - 1974.
Self-employed engineering consultant since 1979.

I was a Dog Tracking Judge for the American Kennel Club for 26 years, ending in 2009. Kay and I had many champion Basset Hounds over the years.

I played banjo in two bluegrass bands in the 1970's and 80's.

Married Kay Long and her two children in 1971 in California. Kay died of cancer in 1998. Married Kaycee (Maggie) Donovan in 2000, adding two more stepchildren, Nikki and Renee.

Have lived in the majestic splendor of Colorado for the last four decades. I finally climbed one of Colorado's 53 peaks above 14,000 feet (Mount Bierstadt) with my stepdaughter Renee about 10 years ago. I did the Millenium ice dive in Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota on January 1, 2000. Renee and I did a January 1 ice dive at Boulder Reservoir in Colorado a couple of years later.

I began scuba diving in 1969 in the Air Force in Florida, then took it up again after coming back from Turkey in 1971, in Southern California. After one very cold Colorado mountain lake dive in the 80's, I gave up diving until I met and married Maggie. We took diving trips to the Fiji Islands and Cozumel, Mexico. One day when the weather was bad at Cozumel, we went over to Cancun on the mainland and took a bus south to the Dos Ojos (two eyes) freshwater caves for our first experience at cave diving. It was outstanding!

I started riding motorcycles in 2000 - bought my first motorcycle from Maggie, who had been riding many years. After we got married, we took our sportbikes to Daytona twice for Bike Week. In 2002, my son Alan and I rode our bikes to Sturgis, South Dakota for that weeklong bikefest.

Once I got interested in riding on the race track, I essentially gave up street riding, since the track is not only more exciting, but much safer than riding on roads with cars and idiots.

Since I began writing my blog two years ago, I have posted many articles concerning my interests, hobbies and personal philosophy. Here is a link to my article about meeting and debating astronaut Jack Swigert (Apollo 13) several times in 1982 when I ran for Congress:

http://libertyalumnidiscussions.blogspot.com/2012/04/my-connection-with-apollo-13.html

(cut and paste link, or see my blog for April 2012)

The articles I wrote for the Independence Institute over the last two decades - mostly about Colorado water rights - can be found here:

http://libertyalumnidiscussions.blogspot.com/2012/02/craigs-articles-for-independence.html

(cut and paste link, or see my February 2012 blog)

I also post articles written by others on occasion, including Dr. Ron Paul:

http://libertyalumnidiscussions.blogspot.com/2012/12/expanding-covert-warfare-makes-us-less.html

I was blessed to be part of the HHS Class of 1963, and look forward to seeing you all again.

6/16/2013 UPDATE: I have just added a link to an impressive Wikipedia article about 365-foot Bridal Veil Falls and its hydro plant near Telluride, Colorado in the photo caption below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridal_Veil_Falls_(Telluride)

(cut and paste to browser)

NOTICE:
JOYCE JONES SORENSEN UPDATE 10/24/2013:

I just posted two photos of Joyce from the Saturday morning balloon launch at the IN MEMORY section.

Not funny, but I was playing volleyball at Phys Ed at HHS with Danny Padilla when he dislocated his knee. Ouch! Hope to see him this summer.