Category Archives: Leisure

Canadian BWCA Canoe Trip

Canoed 65 miles (not including taxi or fishing), 23 portages in BWCA (Boundry Waters Canoe Area) for 9 days and 8 nights. Traveled by van about 2400 miles from Allen TX to Ely MN. The total trip was 13 days … Continue reading

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Disney Cruise

My mom treated us (Amber, me, Bryson, Brandon, and Shaun) to a Disney cruise vacation last week. It was my first experience with a cruise and I amazed at how well planned these trips are. There were always lots of … Continue reading

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Flying around Possum Kingdom Lake

My company goes to great expense to do some really cool things for their employees.  Two weeks ago it was my group’s turn for our employee appreciation event.  We went out to a public airstrip at Possum Kingdom lake and … Continue reading

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Scuba Diving

I went with Ken and Eric scuba diving yesterday.  The first dive we went to a coral reef about 20-25 foot deep.  Lots of color and small fish.  The second dive we were looking for lobster, found a few non-keepers, … Continue reading

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Adventure in Lobstering

I had the opportunity to go out scuba diving for lobster yesterday. I’ve been hearing about this spot Hugo found by accident, where there were lobsters everywhere. We got to the spot and snorkeled around for about an hour looking … Continue reading

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My First (real) Open Water Dive

It was about 10 years ago when I took a class in college and became scuba certified. Being that we were in west Texas, my certification dive occurred in a pond that was about 15 feet deep. On our honeymoon, … Continue reading

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Vacation Pictures

Air boat tour by the Miccosukee tribe, then the Vizcaya, then the freak show known as South Beach. A busy day for sure. link

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Trip to the Florida Keys

Amber and I busted out of the hotel at 6:45am, which was an hour late from our plan, to make an 8:00am appointment to go snorkeling in Key Largo. The drive didn’t take as long as I thought, and we … Continue reading

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The Florida Keys

I set out to go explore the Florida Keys today. I stopped at a visitor center on the way for a few suggestions. I drove to Islamorada and decided it was time for lunch. I decided on Island Grill since … Continue reading

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My Adventure to South America

Yesterday, I did some searching on the Internet and found a great place to eat called Sushi Cafe. Tonight, I headed the same direction and stopped at this place on the corner that looked like it was very popular. Parking … Continue reading

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