Now retired, Al shares a vast variety of skills and talent. He has been attending GLPG Events for many years. He is a landscape architect, design horticulturist, surveyor and irrigation designer. A 4H challenger leader, Al is also involveed with Voyager and Cival War Reenactment and black powder shooting. In the past, Al has taught turtle drums and bags, birch bark hats, shell and bone jewelry, pottery and duck decoys.