During nearly three-quarters-of-a-century, Rick Magers has traveled the world - often aboard his own boat - at the controls of his airplane - on cruise ships - in a new Cadillac - old jalopy - or an empty boxcar heading somewhere - anywhere. For 40 years, he always had Dottie with him. On 9-4-2002 Dottie decided to take a trip without him - back to Uranus.

Dottie & Rick
...the younger days!

Rick believes everyone should spend one life with an Aquarius. "She was the most interesting person that I ever met." In the course of his travels, Rick worked at many jobs. Firefighter in Miami - Albuquerque - Las Vegas - Tree surgeon in - Dumas Arkansas - Riverside California - Carpenter in too many states to name - Boat Captain in Florida - Nassau - Jamaica - Liaison: Dept. of Immigration - Haiti - Nassau - Freeport - Treasure Salvage Diver - Key West - Photographer - Germany - England - Florida - Chef / Dishwasher / Bartender - Resorts across the USA - Zinc miner - Tasmania - Smuggler - Florida and points south. During his travels, Rick was always writing stories or drawing cartoons - often traded to bartenders for drinks. During Dottie's final years, he seldom left her alone, so he began writing to keep his mind occupied. When BLUE WATER ADVENTURE was completed he started THE McKANNAHS. During this time he wrote more than 100 short stories - many were published in magazines around the world. He's currently working on LADYBUG and the DRAGON: The Katia Solomon Story - and CARIB INDIAN: warrior / cannibal, which is a historical novel. He recently spent several hours with Fred Crane - the last living major male cast member of the original 1939 film GONE WITH THE WIND and his lovely new bride Terry-Lynn. Rick hopes to write a book about Fred's life before-during-after the film, and he and Terry's life together now. Between these projects, he's working on a sequel - THE McKANNAHS: together again.