Gary A. Hage

Gary Hage was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida during 1956. As a child, Gary enjoy riding his bicycle all over Fort Lauderdale with his friends as they played and fished at the many rivers and lakes located throughout the city. He also enjoyed spending many an afternoon at the city's Dixie Water Treatment Plant where his father worked. At the age of twelve, Gary got his first horse, and his interest soon became focused on caring for and showing his horse(s) in and around south Florida at the local horse shows. After graduating from Fort Lauderdale High School in 1974, Gary followed in his father's footsteps, when he went to work for the City of Fort Lauderdale Utilities Division. Then in 1978, Gary moved to Ocala, Florida to the family's small horse farm. He continued his career working in the municipal utilities industry, before becoming an over the road long distance truck driver in 1995 for a company located in Sioux Falls, SD. He and his wife Shawna ended up owning and operating their own specialized trucking company for fifteen years before retiring from life on the road in 2015. Today they manage a small campground as the resident Host. It is owned by the State of Florida, and is located on the historic Cross Florida Barge Canal's right of way, know today as the Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway. Together with their Boston Terrier, Abby, they enjoy life living fulltime in their RV at the campground. In his free time, Gary also enjoys writing and publishing his books as an independent author. Today, Gary is in a battle for his life, as he fights his neck and throat cancer.