Same Road, Different Paths Story Photos
Thank You, thank you, thank you to all the readers of my newest book SAME ROAD, DIFFERENT PATHS and for the many kind comments I’ve received. I truly appreciate your feedback.
Several readers have communicated that they would love it if there were photos to accompany the text. So, I rummaged around my old photo files & internet and found a few. Each photo relates to its corresponding book chapter & I’ve used the story’s fictional character names for the real-life people in the pics. I hope you’ll enjoy these and please feel free to share your comments.
(P.S. Should you see a photo of yourself among these old pics & object to being included, please let me know & I’ll be happy to remove it.)
Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Chapter 1 DG train station
Chapter 1 Joe & Mary, Newlyweds
Chapter 1 The first house that Joe built
Chapter1 Daddy Joe with toddler Michael
DG water tower
Chapter 4
Chapter 4 Green Knolls grand opening
Chapter 4 Michael Perry's boyhood home, Downers Grove, Illinois
Chapter 5
Chapter 5 Smoky wearing his cowboy hat
Chapter 5 Mike Perry on Smoky
Chapter 5 With best buddy, Smoky
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 6 Long hair
Chapter 6 long hair attitude
Chapter 6 The Droffs playing at a high school dance
Chapter 6 The Droffs playing at a high school dance
Chapter 6 Mike Perry with his drums
Chapter 7
Chapter 7 The Droffs band backyard rehearsal
Chapter 7 The Droffs driveway band rehearsal
Chapter 8
Chapter 8 the High School
Chapter 8 Miss Barbara Barnes
Chapter 8 High School Operetta
Chapter 8 High School 0peretta scene - a presumed dead Johnny Dee
Chapter 11
Chapter 11 The Constabulary
Chapter 12
Chapter 12 Lifeguard-surfer
Chapter 12 Maggie
Chapter 12 Michael Perry with first surfboard, Zuma Beach, CA
Chapter 12 surfing
Chapter 12 The Perry Family
Chapter 13
Chapter 15
Chapter 15 Drop City commune, Trinidad, Colorado
Chapter 15
Chapter 15 Drop City, Trinidad, Colorado
Chapter 15 Haight-Ashbury, San-Francisco
Chapter 15 Hitchhiking
Chapter 15 inside the Big Dome, Drop City commune, Trinidad, Colorado
Chapter 15 San Francisco Oracle newspaper cover
Chapter 15 with Crazy Diane & Flower the snake leaving for Drop City
Chapter 15 with Flower the snake & Crazy Diane
Chapter 15 with Flower the snake wrapped around neck
Chapter 17
Chapter 17 Barrel Racer Reese at College Rodeo
Chapter 17 Bob Eubanks at Calabasas Saddlery
Chapter 17 Bob Eubanks calf roping
Chapter 17 Calabasas Saddlery
Chapter 17 College barrel racing
Chapter 17 College Rodeo Bareback Bronc ride
Chapter 17 Cowboy Mike Perry
Chapter 17 Cowgirl at Calabasas Saddlery
Chapter 17 getting bucked off Bareback Bronc
Chapter 17 getting bucked off, Saddle Bronc
Chapter 17 Jay Yazzie
Chapter 17 Michael Perry Bareback Bronc ride at Beaumont, CA rodeo
Chapter 17 Michael Perry bullriding at Pierce College rodeo
Chapter 17 Michael Perry bullriding at Pierce College rodeo
Chapter 17 Michael Perry Bullriding
Chapter 17 Michael Perry College Rodeo Bareback Bronc ride
Chapter 17 Michael Perry College Rodeo Bareback Bronc ride
Chapter 17 Michael Perry competing at LA COUNTY FAIR Rodeo
Chapter 17 Pierce College cowgirl
Chapter 17 rodeo poster
Chapter 17 Some Pierce College Cowboys
Chapter 18
Chapter 18 Leaving on a jet plane - refueling in Pueblo, Colorado
Chapter 18 On a private jet plane
Chapter 19
Chapter 19 Michael Perry Bull riding
Chapter 19 Michael Perry Bullriding
Chapter 20
Chapter 20 Cowboy dancing to Western Swing music
Chapter 20 Quarter Horse Inn ad
Chapter 20 Quarter Horse Inn
Chapter 21
Chapter 21 rodeo gear
Chapter 21 Chaps & matching boots rodeo gear
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 23 Charlie Brown, Scottish Hylander Bull
Chapter 23 Jay Yazzie bull riding
Chapter 24
Chapter 24 sign
Chapter 24 LOVINGTON, New Mexico RODEO ROYALTY
Chapter 24 with the rented red FIREBIRD
Chapter 24 Lovington, NM Rodeo Queen
Chapter 24 Sign at Andrews, Texas
Chapter 25
Chapter 25 Cowgirl at the Thousand Oaks ranch house
Chapter 25 riding the little red bull at Lovington, NM
Chapter 25 ranch roommates Rick Braden & Mike Perry
Chapter 25 Practicing roping at Thousand Oaks ranch
Chapter 27
Chapter 27 at the Palomino Club North Hollywood, CA
Chapter 27 Linda Ronstadt at the Palomino Club
Chapter 27 Palomino Club
Chapter 27 the Palomino Club
Chapter 29
Chapter 29 Capitol Records, Hollywood, CA
Chapter 29 Demo record
Chapter 29 inside Capitol Records
Chapter 29 Smoke House restaurant
Chapter 29 Smoke House
Chapter 30
Chapter 30 Catalina Island
Chapter 30 John Denver
Chapter 30 Mike Perry, carpenter
Chapter 30 relaxing by yacht club trophy cabinet after a day of racing
Chapter 31
Chapter 31 Marlin Club Bar, Avalon, Catalina Island
Chapter 31 Avalon, Catalina Island
Chapter 31 Marlin Club boat shaped bar
Chapter 31 PLAYING GUITAR on the boat
Chapter 31 Sailing under Golden Gate BRIDGE
Chapter 31 Denny & Michael pickin' & grinnin' on board
Chapter 32
Chapter 32 Tennessee Gin & Cotton Company disco
Tennesee Gin & Cotton Co
Chapter 32 an easy sail to Anacapa Island with Daphne
Chapter 32 Anacapa Island
Chapter 32 Anacapa Island
Chapter 32 Anacapa Island
Chapter 32 sailing to the island
Chapter 32 in the forward cabin of sailboat
Chapter 32 sailin to Anacapa Island
Chapter 32 sailing with Daphne
Chapter 33
Chapter 33 airplane view Santa_Catalina_Island
Chapter 33 at YACHT CLUB watching Welcome Back Kotter
Chapter 33 the Channel Islands
Chapter 34
Chapter 34 On the beach at Santa Rosa Island au natural
Chapter 34 Daphne & Michael sailing the Channel Islands
Chapter 34 diving from the boat at Santa Cruz Island
Chapter 34 Hiking Santa Cruz Island
Chapter 34 painted cave, Santa Cruz Island
Chapter 34 painted cave, Santa Cruz Island
Chapter 34 sailing au naturel
Chapter 34 Sailing to Santa Cruz Island
Chapter 34 Santa Cruz Island
Chapter 34 the beach at Santa Rosa Island
Chapter 34 at Santa Cruz Island with Daphne
Chapter 35
Chapter 38
Chapter 40
Chapter 40 navigating to Hawaii
Chapter 40 sailing to Hawaii
Chapter 41
Chapter 43
Chapter 43 Celebrating at Lahaina
Chapter 43 the LYC CARD
Chapter 43 ROWING ASHORE AT LAHAINA
Chapter 43 Road from-Lahaina town to Mala Wharf
Chapter 44
Chapter 44 at Hawaii Yacht Club, Honolulu, Hawaii
Chapter 44 Sailing past Diamond Head crater, Oahu
Chapter 45
Chapter 45 DIVING from the boat at MALA WHARF, Maui, Hawaii
Chapter 45 Mala Wharf, Lahaina, Maui
Chapter 46
Chapter 46 Aggie Grey of Samoa
Chapter 46 Aggie Grey's Famous Hotel swimming pool with palm tree, Samoa
Chapter 46 Apia, Samoa
Chapter 46 Michael Perry at Aggie's Hotel Apia, Samoa
Chapter 46 Pago Pago Court House
Chapter 46 Pago Pago, American Samoa
Chapter 46 Samoa
Chapter 46 Samoan gendarme
Chapter 46 South Pacific Island Airways
Chapter 47
Chapter 47 His Highness King Taufa'ahau of TONGA
Chapter 47 Michael Perry with Beauty & Tonga kids
Chapter 47 poster at Morris Hedstom store in Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Chapter 47 Royal Guardsman at the Tonga Kings Palace
Chapter 47 TONGA LUAU
Chapter 47 Tongan friend preparing coconuts at Tongan luau
Chapter 47 TONGAN FRIEND SOKAI
Chapter 47 TONGAN GIRLS
Chapter 47 Welcome to TONGA
Chapter 47 Tongan gravesite
Chapter 47 Flying Foxes hanging-from trees
Chapter 53
Chapter 53 Baja Cantina in Marina del Rey, CA
Chapter 53 Michael & Hilly at Baja Cantina
Chapter 55
Chapter 55 Buffalo at Isthmus Cove, Catalina Island
Chapter 55 Catalina Island bison
Chapter 55 Diving from the boat at Avalon
Chapter 57
Chapter 57 new house arial foto
Chapter 57 rear view of new house
Chapter 57 side view of new house
Chapter 57 with the new Porsche
Chapter 58
Chapter 58 Mary Perry (Mom)
Chapter 59
Chapter 59 at the construction office
Chapter 59 Joe Perry (Dad)
Chapter 63
Chapter 63 Arctic whale bones at Top-O-The World Pt. Barrow, Alaska
Chapter 63 Yukon Territory, Canada
Chapter 65
Chapter 65 Hawaii car
Chapter 65 running Honolulu Marathon
Chapter 65 running Honolulu Marathon
Chapter 65 The house in Hawaii
Chapter 68
Chapter 68 Studying the Law
Chapter 73
Chapter 73 Amalfi Coast, Italy
Chapter 74
chapter 74 Newly minted Lawyer
Chapter 75
Chapter 75 Lawyers in Love
Chapter 75 the beautiful Lauren
Chapter 75 Wedded Bliss
Chapter 76
Chapter 76 in the law office
Chapter 76 LA Law partners Leoni & Perry
Chapter 76 Law Office
Chapter 76 The Lawyers, Leoni & Perry
Chapter 78
Chapter 78 Joe at 70 in police uniform
Chapter 83
Chapter 83 Life in Europe
Chapter 83 Life in Europe
Chapter 83 Life in Europe
Chapter 83 Life in Europe
Chapter 83 Life in Europe
Chapter 83 Life in Europe
Chapter 83 Life in Europe
Chapter 83 Life in Europe
Chapter 83 Life in Europe
Chapter 83 Life in Europe
Chapter 83 Life in Europe
Chapter 83 Life in Europe at Chateau Smith Haut Lafite in Pessac Leognan
Chapter 83 Life in Europe at Chateau Smith Haut Lafite in Pessac Leognan
Chapter 83 Life in Europe Biking through France
Chapter 83 Life in Europe Buying groceries in Venezia, Italia
Chapter 84
Chapter 84 sunset view from Laguna Beach house with Catalina Island in the distance
Chapter 86
Chapter 86 An Entirely Different World of being new parents
Chapter 87
Chapter 87 feeding new-borns on the sailboat
Chapter 87 feeding new-borns on the sailboat
Chapter 87 Four weeks old & already out on the water
Chapter 87 Growing up on a sailboat
Chapter 87 Growing up on a sailboat
Chapter 87 teaching the kids about sailing
Chapter 87 The kids exploring Catalina Island - the annual summer vacay
Chapter 87 the kids surfing at Doheny Beach age 5
Chapter 87 the kids surfing at Doheny Beach age 5
Chapter 87 The new Mom at Avalon, Catalina Island
Chapter 87 the Perry family at Santa Catalina Island
Chapter 87 wife & kids Back Bay bike ride
Epilogue
Epilogue Morgan competing on her horse
Epilogue Morgan high school tennis team
Epilogue Travis
Epilogue Travis playing keyboards in his band
Thank you, Michael, for posting these photos; enjoyed seeing the setting for your book.
Congrats on the fine work of art. I very much enjoyed your book. I think you lived a life that many of us can relate to from different angles. I was amazed at how parallel some of our experiences were. Different environments, different people, but much the same emotional, developmental experiences. I think your book resonates well with people. Movie script: perhaps. I have an acquaintance I might give it to. He produces some movies. Hope you don’t mind. It will probably go nowhere, but who knows.
Really enjoyed reading this book. The photos are a nice add. Interesting story of a MidAmerica teenager going out into the world experiencing wild adventures while at same time trying to get recognition from his father. The story goes from teen to adult and my take is that it should get traction from all age groups. Older readers will relate to the timeline and younger readers can get a dose of life’s adventures before the advent of smartphones.
Loved reading the book! And these photos just added a whole other dimension. Thank you.
I’ll repeat here the same review I left at Amazon Books ….
Based on a journal the author began keeping in his youth, the story unfolds in real-time-happening-right-now segments of his journaling, beginning with a father/son conflict that sends the protagonist-son off searching for love and adventure …. And boy does he find it!
A fun, exciting, heart touching read!