Great adventures in diving, RVing and travel
Cindy Kratzer 
Nothing says “I love you” like a whale watching trip on Valentine’s Day! Hank surprised me with two tickets to take a boat out of Ventura Harbor with Island Packers, the official vendor of Channel Islands National Park in Southern California. Their boats take you to the Channel Islands (Anacapa, …
We are fortunate to live close to some wonderful coastal environments, and we spent the first few days of 2020 enjoying the sights along the southern portion of California’s Central Coast. From North to South, here were our highlights: San Simeon / Piedras Blancas – Elephant seals. This free, right-off-the-road …
Our first post was getting a bit long, so here is Part Two of our description of Palau and its wonderful diving. In the first post (Diving in Palau–Wow! [Part One]), we described the earlier dives of our trip, along with excursions to Jellyfish Lake and Milky Way. Here we …
It took us a long time to get to Koror, Palau, but we are so glad we made the trip! We (and our eight dive buddies) traveled 7,174 miles across 17 time zones, flying from LAX to Honolulu (with our little tangential trip to Kauai—see previous post), where our flight …
It was so lovely to arrive back on Kauai (Hawaii) after not having been for five years. And it was even better that we were here with eight other dive buddies, enjoying a few days in Princeville before heading to our dive adventure in Palau (next post). The adventures began …
Because we had to leave Yellowstone a few days earlier than planned, due to the bad weather, it gave us the opportunity to insert some additions into our trip home. Yellowstone Bear World – About 80 miles from West Yellowstone, in the town of Rexburg, Idaho, is a private drive-through …
This was our fourth trip to Yellowstone, and we keep going back because of the amazing wildlife. It’s always an adventure, but this year was especially so for two reasons—the visible wildlife and the out-of-character weather. Weather: We traveled to Yellowstone from Grand Teton, the day after a snowstorm, and …
Ever since we visited Grand Teton and Yellowstone three years ago, we’ve wanted to come back, so here we are, sneaking in a 2-½ week trip in between my work and our next dive trip. Visiting Grand Teton in October is risky and not for the faint of heart – …
Danno’s words (as dictated to Cindy): Hi! It’s me, Danno, Cindy and Hank’s favorite cat! Now that we’re back home in Southern California after this 15-week trip across the U.S., up the Atlantic coast, and through several eastern Canadian provinces, let me tell you what it was really like! What’s …
Missouri:When we headed east at the end of April, we passed through southern Missouri to visit Laura Ingalls Wilder’s home in Mansfield. On our way west toward home, we came through a little further north, St. Louis to be exact. St. Louis has been a significant transportation and shipping hub …