Linda (Cowilich) & Douglas Norton

(Editor's note.  The following was received from Linda & Doug on 7/17/07)
2007 recap. Doug and I retired after many years of teaching high school biology together in a large suburban district north of Albany ( Clifton Park, NY ). As our two children grew up, our summers were spent camping in the West, touring, fishing, taking courses in the National Parks and of course, golfing. Our children told us upon graduation that they were settling west of the Mississippi and they did. Our daughter joined Motorola in PHX and our son is a pilot with Alaska/Horizon Air in Washington.

So... the first grandchild was born in AZ; we retired, sold most everything and followed them west. to the PHX area. Now we have five grandchildren and  really enjoy our non-rev benfits to Spokane. 

We live in the beautiful Sonoran desert east of PHX up against the Superstition Mts.. Gold Canyon is a mushrooming community filling with people from elsewhere. We enjoy golf, some intense volunteering, new friends and this strange new ecosystem. Our landscaping consists of xerophytic plants with a drip watering system and "grass" we don't mow - 1/2inch Madison Gold granite. We use water twice and now know firsthand that all deserts are not the same.

We still migrate summers but now we escape the heat and wander through MT, WY and CO. Doug is an excellent fly fisherman (makes the rods and ties the trout flies). Three of our five grandchildren have been introduced to the delights of the MT Bitteroot Valley, both fishing and camping ( I read and play the games).

We love the Sonoran desert but as we sit in this MT wilderness we thank and remember Mr. Reinhart whenever we make a good putt and Ms. Kurson whenever we have to write something like this.

Please come visit (only Jane Eller and her husband have found us).

1997 recap. They both retired in June '96 from Shenendehowa HS. They travel to Europe and the Western US and plan to move to the Phoenix area. Doug fishes trout streams in Montana, Wyoming and Colorado. They have been to all 50 US states and are trying to golf in all 50 as well.

1982 recap. Doug earned his BA at Gettysburg College, his MA at Columbia and another at Union College. Linda earned her BA at Mt Holyoke. They were married in '62 and went to Oklahoma and Colorado as Doug served 2 years in the Army, They have two children, Laura Jean and Bill Douglas. They are both currently biology students at Shenendehowa High School in Clifton park. They spent a summer in Alaska. Linda enjoys gardening, reading, camping and aerobics. Doug likes fly fishing, gardening and reading.