I was getting ready to graduate high school and had been accepted to attend Clemson University in South Carolina to major in Mechanical Engineering.
My family had been involved in the maritime industry for many years...My Dad was the Harbor Master for the port of Charleston SC so I'd been around the industry as long as I could remember.
Then a life changing event occurred...
I received an offer to attend the Calhoon Engineering School in Baltimore MD, a prestigious academy training Merchant Marine Engineering Officers.
What to do?
I was already enrolled in Clemson University...that was the safe choice.
But something told me way back then to jump off the cliff...to move to Baltimore to start an adventure that would take me around the world.