{"id":81,"date":"2025-11-12T19:42:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T19:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/?page_id=81"},"modified":"2026-03-02T22:27:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T22:27:41","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-etch-element=\"section\" class=\"hero-fizzy\"><figure class=\"hero-fizzy__media-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2199px) 100vw, 2199px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/photo-1515012014380-2486cf3a77cb-squashed.webp 2199w, https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/photo-1515012014380-2486cf3a77cb-squashed-300x196.webp 300w, https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/photo-1515012014380-2486cf3a77cb-squashed-1024x671.webp 1024w, https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/photo-1515012014380-2486cf3a77cb-squashed-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/photo-1515012014380-2486cf3a77cb-squashed-768x503.webp 768w, https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/photo-1515012014380-2486cf3a77cb-squashed-1536x1006.webp 1536w, https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/photo-1515012014380-2486cf3a77cb-squashed-2048x1341.webp 2048w\" src=\"https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/photo-1515012014380-2486cf3a77cb-squashed.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"2199\" height=\"1440\" class=\"hero-fizzy__media\" \/><\/figure><div data-etch-element=\"container\" data-intro-style=\"Center\" class=\"section-intro\"><div data-etch-element=\"flex-div\" class=\"section-intro__content-wrapper\"><h1 class=\"section-intro__heading\"><\/h1><p class=\"section-intro__headline\" data-heading-level=\"h1\">This is all about me. My work, hobbies, and adventures.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/section><section data-etch-element=\"section\" class=\"life-events\"><div data-etch-element=\"container\" class=\"life-events__container\"><ul class=\"life-events__list\"><li class=\"life-events__list-item\"><article class=\"feature-card-delta\" data-alternate-cards=\"\"><div class=\"feature-card-delta__content-wrapper\"><h3 class=\"feature-card-delta__literal-heading accent-heading\">Silver City<\/h3><p class=\"feature-card-delta__headline\">Our House We Built In New Mexico<\/p><p class=\"feature-card-delta__description\">\nIn February 2020 we purchased a home and 20 acres in southwest New Mexico.\n\n\n\nThe home had been started in 2007 and in 2012 the owner died. The house sat vacant, except for the local animals that had moved in, for 12 years.\n\n\n\nTo find out more about our project click the button below.\n\n\n\n\n<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/ravensroost.casa\" class=\"feature-card-delta__link\">Check out my house<\/a><\/div><figure class=\"feature-card-delta__figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/Aerial-view-of-our-house-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/Aerial-view-of-our-house-150x150.webp 150w\" src=\"https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/Aerial-view-of-our-house-300x225.webp\" alt=\"Aerial view of our house\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"feature-card-delta__image\" \/><\/figure><\/article><\/li><li class=\"life-events__list-item\"><article class=\"feature-card-delta\" data-alternate-cards=\"\"><div class=\"feature-card-delta__content-wrapper\"><h3 class=\"feature-card-delta__literal-heading accent-heading\">RV Life<\/h3><p class=\"feature-card-delta__headline\">Traveling Around the United States<\/p><p class=\"feature-card-delta__description\">\nIn 2018 we decided that we were done with the cruising life and sold our boat to a nice family and purchased a 2016 Ford F350 King Ranch pickup and a Chaparral 285 fifth wheel trailer.\n\n\n\n\n<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/fatdash.org\" class=\"feature-card-delta__link\">Check out my RV life<\/a><\/div><figure class=\"feature-card-delta__figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/Ford-F350-with-5th-wheel-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/Ford-F350-with-5th-wheel-150x150.webp 150w\" src=\"https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/Ford-F350-with-5th-wheel-300x225.webp\" alt=\"Ford F350 with 5th wheel\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"feature-card-delta__image\" \/><\/figure><\/article><\/li><li class=\"life-events__list-item\"><article class=\"feature-card-delta\" data-alternate-cards=\"\"><div class=\"feature-card-delta__content-wrapper\"><h3 class=\"feature-card-delta__literal-heading accent-heading\">Cruising Life<\/h3><p class=\"feature-card-delta__headline\">My Cruising Life<\/p><p class=\"feature-card-delta__description\">\nIn 2014 we retired from our jobs and moved onto our Morgan Out Island 416 sailboat full time.\n\n\n\nTo find out more about the cruising lifestyle click the button below.\n\n\n\n\n<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/fatdash.org\" class=\"feature-card-delta__link\">Check out my cruising life<\/a><\/div><figure class=\"feature-card-delta__figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/Sailboat-FatDash-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/Sailboat-FatDash-150x150.webp 150w\" src=\"https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/Sailboat-FatDash-300x200.webp\" alt=\"Sailboat FatDash\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"feature-card-delta__image\" \/><\/figure><\/article><\/li><li class=\"life-events__list-item\"><article class=\"feature-card-delta\" data-alternate-cards=\"\"><div class=\"feature-card-delta__content-wrapper\"><h3 class=\"feature-card-delta__literal-heading accent-heading\">Drone Pilot<\/h3><p class=\"feature-card-delta__headline\">My Drone Life<\/p><p class=\"feature-card-delta__description\">\nIn August of 2017 while back in the US I bought a DJI Spark drone. After going back to Mexico, I started flying and practicing my drone skills.\n\n\n\nIn March of 2019 I got my Part 107 Unmanned Aircraft System license.\n\n\n\nIn November 2019 I decided to get a DJI Phantom 4 Pro+. This allowed me to take professional photographs.\n\n\n\nAfter moving to New Mexico in February of 2020 I formed a corporation and started my drone photography business.\n<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/drone.fatdash.org\" class=\"feature-card-delta__link\">Check out my drone business<\/a><\/div><figure class=\"feature-card-delta__figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/Done-flying-300x216.webp 300w, https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/Done-flying-150x150.webp 150w\" src=\"https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/Done-flying-300x216.webp\" alt=\"Done flying\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" class=\"feature-card-delta__image\" \/><\/figure><\/article><\/li><li class=\"life-events__list-item\"><article class=\"feature-card-delta\" data-alternate-cards=\"\"><div class=\"feature-card-delta__content-wrapper\"><h3 class=\"feature-card-delta__literal-heading accent-heading\">Diving Life<\/h3><p class=\"feature-card-delta__headline\">My Diving Life<\/p><p class=\"feature-card-delta__description\">\nIn June of 1999 I got my Open Water Certification. It didn\u2019t stop there.\n\n\n\nTo find out more about scuba diving lifestyle click the button below.\n<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/mike.oquin.org\/my-diving-life\" class=\"feature-card-delta__link\">Check out my diving life<\/a><\/div><figure class=\"feature-card-delta__figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/Mike-in-scuba-diving-gear-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/Mike-in-scuba-diving-gear-150x150.webp 150w\" src=\"https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/Mike-in-scuba-diving-gear-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Mike in scuba diving gear\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"feature-card-delta__image\" \/><\/figure><\/article><\/li><li class=\"life-events__list-item\"><article class=\"feature-card-delta\" data-alternate-cards=\"\"><div class=\"feature-card-delta__content-wrapper\"><h3 class=\"feature-card-delta__literal-heading accent-heading\">Working Life<\/h3><p class=\"feature-card-delta__headline\">My Working Life<\/p><p class=\"feature-card-delta__description\">\nI started working at a young age to see my complete work history click the button below.\n<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/mike.oquin.org\/work\" class=\"feature-card-delta__link\">Check out my working life<\/a><\/div><figure class=\"feature-card-delta__figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/Person-typing-on-keyboard-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/Person-typing-on-keyboard-150x150.webp 150w\" src=\"https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/Person-typing-on-keyboard-300x200.webp\" alt=\"Person typing on keyboard\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"feature-card-delta__image\" \/><\/figure><\/article><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-81","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129,"href":"https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions\/129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oquin.org\/mike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}