Avra Valley John

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About me

Gender Male
Occupation retired
Location Princeton, Illinois, United States
Introduction Born and raised in Bureau county, a graduate of Princeton High school, I have long had a fascination with history. Any kind of history but especially Local history. I pursued that love through the years with books, magazine articles and my burgeoning love of Photography. Now in my mid 50's and retired on a medical disability I have lots of free time. So I bought a nice camera and started exploring, traveling the back roads and country lanes in search of the forgotten and the obscure. Accompanied by like minded individuals we seek to document and capture as many of these places that we still can before they are lost to time forever.
Interests Reading, writing, traveling, photography, almost anything that catches my attention
Favorite Movies Independence Day, Star wars, Star trek, (all the incarnations of the previous two), Sci fi's, fantasies, westerns, comedy's, etc, etc, etc
Favorite Music Big Band and Classical are my all time fav's. But again if it catches my attention. I will listen to it.
Favorite Books The Honor Harrington series by David Weber, The Lost Fleet series by Jack Campbell, The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind, ANYTHING by either Clive Cussler, Preston Foster, Lincoln Child, David Eddings, or Stephen Donaldson.

What was the stage name of your favorite actress before she was born?

Marilyn Monroe