Hi, I am Sig (junge1),
I was born in Dominikus- Krankenhaus in Berlin-Hermsdorf, Bezirk Reinickendorf in December 1939. Bezirk Reinickendorf was one of 20 Bezirke that made up Gross-Berlin before World War II and one of 12 Bezirke that made up former West-Berlin, the other 8 Bezirke were Russian occupied and became East-Berlin after the war. Moved from Berlin to Neurohlau (Nova Role) Sudetenland (now Czech Republic), in August 1943 (our entire block of apartment buildings was bombed out in November 1943) and returned back to Berlin in November 1945. Saw my dad the first time in my life in August/September 1946 after he returned from POW camp. Attended elementary school in Berlin-Waidmannslust, high school in Berlin-Hermsdorf, and trade school in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Was an apprentice for the trade of Klischeeaetzer (photo engraver) at Burrath & Schmidt on Friedrichstrasse between U-Bahnhof Kochstrasse (near to what later became Checkpoint Charlie) and Hallisches Tor.
While watching Allied planes supplying West-Berlin by air during the Berliner Luftbruecke in 1948-49 I developed my love for aircraft. I guess I could be considered a 'Berliner Grosschnauze", or at least I used to be.
'Wanderlust' led me to leave Berlin in summer 1960 to emigrate to Toronto, Canada and in February 1962 to move from Canada to New York City, NY, USA. In January 1963 I joined the United States Air Force, one step ahead of Uncle Sam drafting me. Became a United States citizen within 7 weeks after it became a security issue because of my military career. One day after I was sworn in as a citizen in Seattle, my entire unit left for Southeast Asia in June 1966. After nearly 5 years of active duty (extended 11 months to make it an 18 months overseas deployment) I got discharged and moved to New York City. In 1973 I moved to Phoenix, Arizona and two years later joined the Arizona Air National Guard.
Received my higher education at Arizona State University and the University of Georgia and worked for 22 years for the Arizona Department of Water Resources in various capacities. Upon military retirement in 1999 and State retirement in 2005 I looked at a number of things to keep me occupied. Traveling and joining 'renderosity' in September 2007 were a couple of them,
Sig..
Comments (19)
LivingPixels
Awesome scenery super shot my friend!!!
Faemike55
Beautiful area!
Do they allow camping in this area?
junge1
@Faemike55! I am not sure if there are camping facilities for tents. There are facilities for RVs. The next Lake up the river, Apache Lake, has facilities for tents, I know, we camped there in the seventies. They also have RV accommodations (limited size) .
ontar1
Beautiful view!
giulband
Very well taken picture and fine place !!
starship64
Beautiful shot.
crender
Excellent !!!!!!
mandala
that's a wonderful view!
farmerC
Exellent shot.
Otto1969
Fantastic place, great capture !
Buffalo1
To me the most pleasing thing about this lovely lake is that the water level looks good!
romangirl
Great shot!
junge1
@Buffalo1! It does this year Rog. They actually had to release water from all storage reservoirs (two on the Verde and four on the Salt) to make room for more runoff.
X-PaX
Beautiful capture.
durleybeachbum
Looks lovely!
flavia49
beautiful
UteBigSmile
Toller Schnappschuss, den du hier gemacht hast!
Cyve
Beautiful place and shot !!!
sossy
fantastic landscape and imagination of another time how it would look when the natives were riding across 🏞