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Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year 2020! From Thanksgiving thru the New Year's Celebration family and friends are the main theme this year. Mary & I are in town (as compared to years past when we snuck out between Christmas and New Year's) so lots of get-togethers...
Square Lake | October 2019
How he did it? I do not know. But Karl somehow talked Jim & I into joining him at Square Lake for a drysuit dive or two. The excuse? There were actually two. First to close down the site and pull the buoys for the season. Plus, it would be a good opportunity to...
Russ’ Sea of Cortez Trip | August 2019
Russ' Dive & Trip Log in the Sea of Cortez | Baja, MX August 23, 2019 thru August 31, 2019 Day One: | Travel Day | Friday, August 23, 2019 Good Morning… I woke up for the last time today at 5:45 AM, (restless comments redacted…), jumped out of bed and made coffee....
LJ Weekend | October 2018
Lumberjack Weekend | at the Rohows "secret" east/west locations in Wisconsin October 2018 Friday | October 12, 2018 OK, full disclosure here... I just finished last winter's LJ Weekend post and decided to get this one "on the board" at the same time so I'm "cloning"...
Labor Day Weekend | 2018
Labor Day Weekend Friday, August 31 2018 Phil & I locked up the shop at 5 PM for the long weekend. Gina and the rest of "Team A-1" had already escaped the city for parts unknown (well some parts are known but more on that later...). I walked home to find Mary had...
Russ & Mary’s Alaskan Cruise
Russ & Mary’s Alaskan Cruise | August 2018 Wednesday August 8th thru Wednesday August 15, 2018 On the Island Princess Wednesday - August 8, 2018 (in the air to Vancouver, CN then at Sea) Good Morning, I’m up at 5:30 AM (as usual) following my usual routine....