Robert LaRue was born in 1937 on the eve of World War II in Southern California. His early memories are of rationing, blackouts, and the constant drum of war. After the war, his family moved north, and he grew up on a cattle ranch in the Wallowa Mountains of Northeast Oregon. When his turn came, he joined the Navy and wrote patterns in the sky as a naval aviator, followed by technical stuff as part of the aerospace and corporate world. His resume also includes ranching, land development, construction, and restaurant and nightclub ownership. He has traveled the west, dragging travel trailers as far north as Fort St. John, British Columbia, south to Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, and east to Edmonton, Alberta, and Corpus Christi, Texas, interviewing the people he met along the way. Now retired, he writes newsletters for his local history club, local writers league, his branch of an international aviation society, and an occasional letter to the editor expressing his iconoclastic views.  When he is not writing, he can be found enjoying the great outdoors surrounding his home in North Idaho. At age eighty-eight, he has earned that privilege.This is an example of a page. Unlike posts, which are displayed on your blog’s front page in the order they’re published, pages are better suited for more timeless content that you want to be easily accessible, like your About or Contact information. Click the Edit link to make changes to this page or add another page.