Sparks of Memory
By Paul Cox
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Without a lifetime of journals and the 'Sparks of Memory' that they ignited, important parts of our lives may have been lost! Not only to us but to future generations. We tend to know the names of our most recent ancestors, and we may even have an old box of pictures of them, but most of the time, we can only wonder how they lived, worked, or played. So I take this opportunity to let those who follow me and my wife over the next few generations know that we were real, not just names in a family bible or listed on a family tree. We had real life experiences, and through our journals, we give our descendants a view into their past and hopefully, some insight into how they may wish to shape their future.
Paul Cox
Paul and Sharon Cox have been traveling for a very long time. Paul’s travelingbug was passed on by his parents who began taking road trips right afterWW-II. Born in the late forties, Paul joined his parents and his older sisterson automobile adventures early on in his life and Sharon quickly caught onshortly after their marriage in 1972. Over the next twenty years, the coupletook all five of their children along on hiking, camping, and RV journeys.They got the RV travel bug after borrowing Paul’s parent’s 1972 Shasta traveltrailer. Since then, they have owned a camper van, a slide-in truck camper, atravel trailer, a large 5th wheel trailer which they pulled with a giant custom made International truck, and most recently, a 28-foot class C motorhome.They are still at it even as they grow older. Sharon just celebrated her 81stbirthday and Paul is not far behind! Sharon worked as a Sales Auditor untilher retirement in 1992. Paul earned a BS in Industrial Resource Management and worked for the Department of Defense as a Production Facilities Division Head.In addition to traveling in their RV, Paul has enjoyed two other activities since hisretirement in 1999. He studied Horticulture and became a Washington StateUniversity Master Gardener (now Emeritus). The garden around their homein Gig Harbor was recently featured in a regional garden tour which broughtover 1,000 guests to their grounds over a period of two days! He also haswritten several articles on a variety of gardening subjects."Sparks of Memory" is a collection of journal based chronicles of Paul’s adventures and sometimes misadventures experienced while on road trips, hiking and camping excursions, and RV journeys over a period of 75 years.
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