Every dive is an adventure – an opportunity to see the creatures who become like familiar friends as you watch them eat and swim and rest. Sometimes I have fun looking closely at their eyes and decorative colors. Other times, I like to watch how their fins move or they stab at what they eat. […]

Diving has been especially exciting! Every dive this time of year, we can hear the amazing hump back whale song as background as we look for fun underwater creatures — big and small. Sometimes the whales are so close, you can feel the vibration. I call those dives “sub-woofer” dives. Then we saw a whale […]

I was diving and watched this Turtle chasing and eating leaves. He was super cute.

We went Whale Watching with some friends. Will brought his good camera so these are his photos. We got an amazing show! The whales were so close, you could see barnacles and “Whale Lice” which looked to be about 12 inches long. We went whale watching a second time. Here are a couple photos of […]

Went to New Orleans with some friends. Had a lovely walk in Audubon Park and saw the biggest swan I have ever seen as well as hundreds of black bellied whistling ducks.

August 2023 We did a six-day river rafting trip on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho organized by Mountain Travel Sobek. We flew into Boise, then took a small plane to Stanley, Idaho where we spent the night. Because the water was low, we took another small plane ride the next morning […]

We had eight days to visit Brazil and went to Iguazu Falls, Rio, and Sao Paulo. Despite being winter, the weather was fine — except morning at Iguazu. We loved the food and the music. Iguazu Falls First stop Iguazu Falls — we went one day to the Argentinian side where we walked along the […]

We are having a great time on the Big Island. Lots of walks on the beach, beautiful sunsets, kayaking, biking, and diving. Plus this time of year, there are whales everywhere — we can see them from our Lanai and from the dive boat and we can hear the whale song while diving and even […]