Back to Baja: October 2022

Friday, October 7, 2022 No good adventure begins uneventfully, or so it seems. 2022 was a year dominated by pandemic make-up trips, » Read more

Brrrr! Back to British Columbia (September 2022)

Port Hardy is a small fishing village at the northern end of Vancouver Island, a one hour flight in a small plane » Read more

Sunday, February 9, 2020 We were heading into the final week of our 3-week idyll. It had been a fantastic trip, beginning » Read more

Saturday, January 25-Sunday, January 26, 2020 Given that I was born in 1960, was soon to turn 60 and this trip was » Read more

Wednesday, October 2, 2019 Rangiroa to Fakarava A short afternoon flight to Fakarava and a need to stay out of the water » Read more

August 20, 2019 Day 1: Santa Barbara Island Was it a good idea to take up cold water diving again? This question » Read more

Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16, 2019 I rewarded myself with a birthday gift this year, a week devoted to searching » Read more

Thursday, June 20, 2018 Our first morning in Fakarava aboard the Aqua Tiki II was the usual chaos of trying to synchronize » Read more

Saturday, June 16, 2018 What a long time in coming: sitting on a thin strip of land in the middle of the » Read more

Friday, August 31, 2018 The last several summers were marked with a tinge of regret. How could another year be passing without » Read more