SCUBA ⁽⁹⁾

I was on my way to Cozumel, Mexico to do some drift diving and add some additional PADI certifications to my growing list. Drift diving is where you jump off a perfectly good boat, and enjoy a wonderful ride provided by Mother Nature. You are…

As I travel over the years, I collect flags from each country where I have actually stayed--just passing through an airport to make a connection doesn’t count! I’ve added another flag June 19-27, the Dutch Island of Curaçao in the southern Caribbean. All of the…

When I left you I was but the learner. Now, I am the master! ...Tim Schaeffer (actually, Darth Vader said it, but it applies here !) I am quite pleased to be “friends” with a number of my former elementary students on Facebook and gladly…

I spent part of my time here in Costa Rica SCUBA diving. When I started talking about getting certified to SCUBA dive, my wife was less than enthused. She said something to the effect of, "Are you nuts? You're going to be 70 years old…