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Linda and I have been in the water with hundreds, maybe thousands of whale sharks…in Mexico.  If you ever want to experience swimming with whale sharks, contact me and I will put you in touch with just the right people to get that done.  It is a mind blowing experience…and all you have to do…

The photo is from when I was 18 years old in 1966 and running for Pierce Junior College against USC Frosh.  The other, much cooler looking, runner is Lennox Miller…later to become Dr. Lennox Miller.  Two years later, Lennox won the silver medal in the Olympics in the 100 meters and then won the bronze…

Linda and I went to China in November 2019.  Our first trip to China and we got to see quite a bit…from Beijing to the Great Wall, Terra Cotta Warriors, Yangtze River, Panda Bears, Shanghai…several plane rides and a multi day cruise on the river.  The size and scale of the country is amazing.  It…

A crab and a leaf sailed out to sea. Because of the current, the whole trip was free They floated together, enjoyed the ride With the leaf on the surface and the crab by his side. The two are quite different, a leaf and a crab One is pretty and pink The other yellow like…

I was enjoying my time in the water with five large Caribbean reef sharks.  I had the sharks in front of me.  I had a camera with a large underwater housing in my hands that I could use to push them away should they get to close.  The water was clear and warm and I…

I live on the Big Island of Hawaii, some 2700 miles away from any Mainland area…the most remote island in the world.  Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa are both nearly 14,000 feet tall and isolated from any city lights.  I often go up those mountains to areas that are between 8000 feet and 14,000 feet,…

This story is not in the book…not much to it, except perhaps a smile from you. Linda and I had sold a house we owned and were moving out the next day.  Linda was cleaning the carpet and I crawled up into the attic to make sure we had left nothing up there.  It was…