Summer vacation! Steve and Cb fishing off the coast in Guaymas, Mexico..going for the big one!  As Steve would say "we're on a mission!"

Photo compliments of sister Cb

This image was made by Carl Hoke in Santa Barbara, Ca. in 1979 - a gathering of Aramco Brats. It took me awhile to find it but I knew I had it and here it is ... RIP Steve!

Another photo from the DSS '76-'77 yearbook. The hiking group...Steve's the one you can barely see peaking out from behind the sign with friends, Mike, Tom, Michelle & Colleen.

This photo is from the Desert Sun Yearbook '76-'77. Steve's the one in front without a shirt. Tahquitz Peak maybe?

Family Reunion in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia in March of 1988. Karl & Bev were retiring later that year, and planned this reunion as one last opportunity for the family (& new extended family) to be together in Saudi. What a time we had!

I am very saddened to have learned about the loss of Steve.  I remember that he was the best looking guy at Dessert Sun School.  He was kind and had a bright & beautiful smile.  My condolences to his family and close friends.

             I grew up in “head split open twice before I was 8” abuse.  I was a runaway at 11.  I left home for good at age 14.  I went to Desert Sun from a “home for runaways” in San Diego.  Though I found a real home at DSS, I still tried to make things work with my family, (how we cling to our chains…) To go back to my parent's house, I got myself expelled from DSS.        
            My parents decided to put me in a locked ward mental institution in Washington State.  Drunk at an off-campus party, (and terrified), I told Steve, who was a friend like all DSSers were friends, but not someone I knew well.  For reasons unknown, Steve told Jim Parsons what was going on.
             I stayed at DSS.  A year and a half years later, I graduated from Desert Sun as valedictorian and went on the Stanford and UC Hastings School of Law.
             I owe my life to Steve.  I am grateful that I was able to find him and tell him about this a few years ago.  He and his family will always be in my prayers. 

Murray Abrahamson DSS‘77

I have yet to figure this one out... thanks Susie... Desert Sun School, Idyllwild, CA.

Classic, no question.  Don't pay any attention to the flaring gas... just normal....

Where else can you pass a camel on a wheelie  (pic from Karen Morrow, thank you)

Look.. I CAN FLY

Koenig-Morrow-McCue... Thank you Karen!!!

Steve... sent to Sue Sue... 1973/4, the ORIGINAL scrambler.  I'll always wonder how those bikes put up with the S#%T he put them through...      :)

Yes... broken... fix...

This is an exerpt from my oldest daughter's photo album... there's a lot more, but this says it all. 

"Hey, let's go fishing... Coronado Islands... no biggie." 

After two and a half hours for a one hour trip, question is, "DID WE PASS IT?"... Fog was so dense, no visibility, decided to stop... hours later... fog lifts... we're right up against Del Norte, Coronados,... Ja Mon, we there!!!  Well... good day 'till we decided to fish "Pukey Point" (which is well named)... BUT came home with dinner!

...now I know how he fell off the boat on his own driveway... not wearing that thank God!!!

The sign hanging at the K & K Garage in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Steve and father Karl Koenig's motorcycle repair shop...Steve told me these were some of his favorite times spent with his dad growing up in Saudi.