- Retired boat builder - Gilkison Boat Company Inc.,

- Owner of Ed Gilkison Velocette Service since 1987.

- Family history & scanning photos and slides from family photo albums.

- History of Washington State.

- Arts and Crafts era homes and decor ,

- Hobbies also include photography, seeing how photographers capture images and pose their nude models.

- Visiting clothing optional / naturist - hot springs, beaches , and camping -

- also music , automobile design, - & cooking -

- I enjoy 'arm chair' travel , as it is more difficult to get away, then it was when I was younger. I have always enjoyed seeing how other people live in far away places -

- Enjoy naturism, visiting clothing optional hot springs & beaches , in Canada,( Wreck Beach), Oregon ( Rooster Rock ) Beach ) & Cougar Hot Springs, and in California at (Black's Beach) in San Diego.

- I have modeled nude - for Lee Baxandall , writer of World Guide to Nude Beaches and Recreation ,

where I met Lee while we happened to be both attending a National Nudist Convention held at Lake Bronson Family Nudist Resort , in Sultan, Washington State.