2017 Highlights
The short version I didn’t really try to set a new record for longest year’s end summary EVER, it was an EXCEPTIONALLY » Read more
National Parks
Back to Baja, October, 2017
Thursday October 12, 2017 It had been many years since we last dove in Baja, but in many ways, returning there was » Read more
Eclipse August 21, 2017
Saturday, August 12, 2017: After a month of intensive preparations, we were finally off to Wyoming! The preceding month was a » Read more
“The Wrong Stuff” by Steve Eilenberg (Part VI-Wouldn’t you really rather have a Buick?)
OK, digression is over and I am back in Yuma with the drone. I spent the night at Quality Inn, just across » Read more
Fabulous Fiji: September-October, 2016 (Part 1: Bull sharks)
On a memorable recent trip, we swam with bulls. No, not ran with bulls, the Spanish tradition immortalized in Hemingway’s The Sun » Read more
Borrego birthday weekend, March 2016
I celebrated my birthday this year with wild animals in the desert. No, not party animals, and no, I don’t mean my » Read more
2015 Highlights
One of my favorite shows as a child was the Time Tunnel, in which a pop art striped black and white time » Read more
Indonesia’s Forgotten Islands, November 2015: Part 4 (Banda Sea)
Part 4: Banda Sea Saturday, November 7, 2015 Pulau Bui Despite an exceptionally smooth crossing overnight, staying up late AND a gin » Read more
Forgotten Indonesia: November 2015 (Part 3, Triton Bay)
Saturday, October 31, 2015: Pisang Island, Maluku Earlier in the trip, it seemed not at all certain we would make it here. » Read more
Magnificent Montana: September 2015 (Part 3: Glacier)
Sunday, August 30, 2015 After a wonderful week exploring Wyoming’s Grand Tetons and Yellowstone treasure trove, it was time, Montana-ho!. On a » Read more