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Inside Saguaro Cactus

Saguaro Cactus of the Sonoran Desert Have you ever wondered what the inside of a Saguaro looks like? These cactus have fibrous ribs that look like wood and kind of look like re-bar reinforcement in a concrete column. The Saguaro cactus skeletons are fascinating. Most cactus seem to topple over when they die but some […]

Whaleshark nibbling on seaweed

Oslob Philippines Whale Shark Whale shark nibbling on seaweed in the Tan-Awan Marine Sanctuary near Oslob on Cebu Island I enjoyed swimming along the sanctuary markers in Tan-Awan every morning for three weeks. Occasionally there would be a whale shark or two swimming past the marker buoys and it was a thrill for me to […]

Oslob Whalesharks Butanding

Oslob Whale Sharks Butanding Tan-Awan Cebu Philippines I have been spending a few days on the south coast of Cebu Island looking for whale sharks. The fishermen in the area feed them shrimp in the mornings in an effort to increase tourism in the area. It seems to be working because a resident school of […]

Sendong Dumaguete Tropical Storm Washi

Tropical storm Sendong in Dumaguete Negros – also named Washi Negros was spared the extensive devastation that Mindanao experienced when the Tropical Storm Sendong passed through the Philippines Dec 16-17 2011. There was huge loss of life in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan in northern Mindanao with the loss of nearly 1000 people so far. […]

Sinclair Gasoline Station and Repair Garage

Classic Sinclair gasoline station This sparkling Sinclair gasoline station and garage is next to Stone Lake in southern Michigan. It is completely unrelated to most posts on this website but it is interesting so I included a few pictures. The neat thing about having a blog is that you can put up just about anything […]

Phillip at Amish Auction

It was a pleasant surprise to see my old friend Phillip pull alongside some horse and buggy rigs at an Amish auction with his 1988 stretch Cadillac flea market mobile! He had not cut his hair or shaved since he got back from Iraq years ago. He is not Amish but kind of looks like […]

Kodiak Fishing

Alaska fishing Fishing is a way of life in Kodiak. Crab, salmon, herring, clams, halibut, cod, pollack, and shrimp are common catches taken from the sea. Here is Dave taking out some aggression on a 17 leg starfish. These things are notorious for getting into crab traps, in this case dungeness pots. They are pretty […]

Botswana – South Africa

Road trip Africa – Botswana In 1985 I flew into Johanasburg. After several years of fishing in the Alaska Islands it was time for some sunshine. Our plane stopped over in London. That city is a trip in itself. The weirdest thing to me was that the vendors had their magazines for sale out in […]

Kodiak – Island People

Kodiak people Kodiak Island is really a great place to live especially for people that love to hunt and fish. There are big halibut that move with the tide between Kodiak and Near Island to the buoys on the way to Spruce Island. A good run of salmon move up the Buskin River 4 to […]

Mrs. Larsen of Kodiak

Katmai eruption of 1912 by eyewitness in Kodiak Mrs Larsen, pictured here, told me the tale of her family when they experienced the Katmai eruption of 1912. This volcano is just across the Sheilikof Straights about 100 miles distant so they were among the first to experience this mighty eruption. It was twice as powerful […]