Ernesto ("Ernie") racing Corvettes in Nevada (after a 60-year racing hiatus) and in the Grand Canyon with Maggie - September 2023


Ernie & Maggie heading to an April 2023 wedding in Cartagena; Ernie at the Aug 2022
burial of Carlos Deupi in Puerto Rico; Ernie & Maggie at a Jan 2022 wedding



Ernie is back to his youth, when he was modifying and racing cars. Got a mid-engine Corvette in July 2020,
sold it in Aug 2022 & got his 2023 a month later, after getting his all-electric Porsche Taycan in April 2021.

Maggie in Georgetown, Washington DC - 2020	Charlie, Ernie and Lauren Skiing in Utah See skiing pics & videos from 2022 back over 50 years

With Emma, our first grandchild


Maggie & Ernie in Valencia - October 2021 and in NYC - December 2015
See Maggie at Venice's Piazza San Marco in May 2016.


In 2014 Ernie had to ditch his Skymaster; see print news and video news.
See Ernie's Skymaster Website (after 22 years he gave up flying in 2021).




At our beach house in Great Harbour Cay, Bahamas (see house pics) - August 2012

Watch Charlie's May 2009 graduation from the Fire Academy (5 minutes)
and see him in a pic joining the Miami Beach Fire Department (April 2011)

Watch Ernie's interview at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on on a consulting gig


Ernesto & Charlie at Havana's Bodeguita del Medio - Nov. 2008
Also Varadero & Vinales; See Charlie riding a "Buey" and us on horseback


Lauren - Christmas 2001

See a 2000 pic of Charlie & Lauren

See Charlie in his 9-year job as a forest firefighter in Idaho
(Hotshot crew and helicopter rappelling)


Charlie's College Graduation (June '99)

See a wonderful picture of Lauren at age 5 and a video of her at age 3


Charlie and Lauren fishing off our dock in 1996

See Charlie as a kid in McLean, Virginia

BORING STUFF: Ernie the Aerospace Engineer After emigrating from Cuba in 1960, Ernie worked for 5 years modifying and racing cars. After his BS he got his master's degree from Caltech.  From there  he  worked  20  years for the world's largest satellite  communications  firm, first in research & finally as VicePresident of Projects (see Résumé). Here he is with one of his company's  satellites (he is on the right).  He then spent 10 years running 2 jet-engine companies & in 1998  they were sold to Sweden's #2 firm. At 55 he retired, bought a plane he flew for 22 years, traveled & enjoyed his family.

See a 2009 Hall of Fame Award given to Ernesto for his football career
in the late 1950s. Newspaper clippings heralding his performance
at football games may be found here and here.

More pictures? Go to the Trips Picture Gallery.