Great adventures in diving, RVing and travel
Well, it wasn’t our smartest move to leave 73-degrees Marina del Rey to drive to 113-degrees Paso Robles at the start of our 7-week RV trip through the Pacific Northwest and the Rocky Mountain states. We survived and enjoyed our first week with lots of visits, great food, and wine …
Our first week on Maui was spent mostly in the water, so we added a little variety into our second week. Haleakala National ParkSome people like to get up at 3:00 a.m. to drive to the summit of Haleakala (over 10,000 feet) for sunrise. We did that once, so we …
Who gets up at 4:30 a.m. when they’re on vacation? Well, if it means getting to do some scuba diving, it’s us. It also helps that there is a three-hour time difference from L.A. to Maui, so it was really like getting up at 7:30 a.m.—much more civilized. When it …
After spending six months enjoying our near-the-beach condo, we wanted to get out on the road again, but we weren’t too keen on traveling far from home just yet. Only partially vaccinated from COVID-19 when we set out, we nevertheless decided that it would be pretty easy to protect ourselves …
After our exploration of Grand Teton National Park, we headed to another of our happy places, Yellowstone National Park, also in Northwest Wyoming. For us, it’s all about the critters, so this fifth trip to Yellowstone was a delight for us. Hank had to drive our motorhome over the Continental …
Like most everyone else, we stayed home through the spring and early summer of 2020, cancelling previously-scheduled trips due to COVID-19. But by August, we felt we had to go somewhere, so we hopped in the motorhome with our two kitties and headed to Grand Teton National Park (GTNP). Because …
This is Part 2 of our trip to Tanzania in 2018. Part 1 was all about our African safari—truly one of the best experiences of our lives (here’s our post). But we weren’t done with our adventures yet, and this post is all about scuba diving in the Indian Ocean! …
Since we can’t travel right now (June 2020), I’ve been creating blog posts for some of our trips prior to the creation of this blog. One of our absolute favorite trips was our African safari and dive trip in Tanzania in 2018. Here’s Part 1 of this fabulous experience! February …
We can’t travel right now, so I thought I’d go back and fill in some of the trips we took before we started our travel blog. If you’re looking for some pictures of nature to take you away from your current reality or dreaming about the chance to travel again, …
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, …