Antarctica & Patagonia – 2016

The trip we had been trying to do since we first started our big travels together has finally come and gone – Antarctica and Patagonia! We had been wanting to go to Antarctica forever but given the cost and distance we didn’t want to go without also seeing Patagonia. We had been in love with that … Read more

Galapagos – 2016

My third visit to Galapagos but this time was special three times over. My wife, Red, came along and we got to spend a week touring Quito and several islands of Galapagos together.           Then she continued on for a few more days while I was joined by my two dear … Read more

Sailing the BVI’s 2016

We finally did it, chartered a sailboat for a week! Along with 5 other friends we spent a week sailing the British Virgin Islands on a Lagoon 450 catamaran. Truly luxury on the water! We used Catamaran Company for the charter and everything was easy and smooth. Our boat was “Between the Sheets” a great boat … Read more

Galapagos 2015

I was able to do a repeat of the CCR only trip diving Galapagos that I enjoyed in 2013. As always it was awesome! Jorge Mahauad, owner of Galapagos Rebreathers, and Andy Philips put on a great trip. We had tremendous hammerhead and whale shark action including a massive pregnant female on a 360 fly by during … Read more

Tonga & New Zealand – 2015

If you haven’t guessed we love animals and the bigger and/or more exotic the better! So swimming with humpback whales and their newborns was high on the to-do list. There are two primary places to do this in the world, the silver banks north of The Dominican Republic and The Kingdom of Tonga in the … Read more