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Mexico City

I spent a week in Mexico City in May 2024. I was fascinated to learn that Mexico City was originally built on a group of islands in Texcoco Lake that the Spanish drained to have more land and to control flooding. The Aztecs came from the north (apparently their language is similar to Cherokee). The […]

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Diving Adventures

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. […]

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Whale and Dolphins Under Water

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 […]

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Turtle Playing with Leaf

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

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Whale Watching on the Big Island — January 2024

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 […]

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Cool Birds from New Orleans

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.

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More Dive Photos Including Night Dive

We went diving at night. You see some interesting creatures. Here are some fun dive photos and videos. Very fun to go diving with the flipper dolphin!

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River Rafting Middle Fork Salmon River Idaho

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 […]

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Brazil

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 […]

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Amazing Octopus

Watch these videos — this is the same Octopus. I am on the Big Island. I have never seen one be exposed so much and so long. I could have watched more but my dive partners had moved on.