In my previous post, I showed you a photo of a hidden turtle- or so I claimed. Here’s some help in spotting the little guy. […]

One last full day in Bonaire. Since I’m not allowed to dive within 24 hours of a flight (excess nitrogen and all that), today is […]

Most vacationers spend their whole time on Bonaire diving, diving, and diving some more. Karen and I aren’t quite as hardcore: we explored on land […]

I added a new fish to my list of favorites in Bonaire: the trumpetfish. [youtube_sc url=”http://youtu.be/USNCUDo6VTk”]  

I hoisted my scuba gear onto the dive boat. After a crowded dive earlier, this one promised to be less crowded: just a German diver […]

Meet Martijn, my Dutch (of course) scuba instructor in Bonaire. I headed back to class, this time for my Advanced Open Water certification, which involves five […]

Bon-where? That’s what I wanted to know. With the international and US legs of our world tour complete, Karen and I found a bit of cash […]

And just like that, it was over. The trip we had anticipated for a decade, saving money and scouring guidebooks, selling our stuff and packing […]

Our trip is coming to an end, and our journey back to Wisconsin gave us the harsh message that winter is on its way. We […]

Did Disneyland. Lived through Death Valley. Time for Karen and me to reunite in Las Vegas before heading home from our Southwest tour. It was […]

When I arrived in L.A., my friend David and I headed straight for the USC campus, to watch the ill-fated USC-Oregon game. As we walked toward […]

I remember my first trip to Disneyland clearly. On the big family vacation out west in 1985, we happened to arrive in Anaheim the evening […]