Last Weekend

After bowling a career best 166 with the crew at Leo's Palace we had a fun dive on Sunday. Eric had to try out his new macro lens we made him so we took a dive at Outhouse... We then went to USO hole to see if the frogfish were back but not luck. Nobody brought there camera for bowling but here are two nice macro shots.

Outhouse Beach with Mike

Today Mike convinced me to get back into the water after Palau. It was an awesomely hot and tropical day so it sounded pretty good. Especially after I got into my wetsuit and baked in the sun before jumping in. Anyway...it ended up being a great dive. I even saw a new Nudibranch which always a great dive. Here are a few pictures, enjoy!!

Small 4-5mm crabs that ride around on a long sea cucumber!!

My new find...a Species of Philinopsis
A second on with a little ligher coloration, you can actually see through it to is organs.

A new pipefish

Check out the little growths/camouflage on is head.

An Old Turtle....see the Barnacles on his top shell and belly!

Glossodoris symetricus...and old find but always good to see again!!

Golfing...

On Sunday while the girls had the Baby shower for Dixie the guys took the golf course. Nobody was spectacular enough to document anything while playing so here is a picture at Jamaican Grill...we could all do that pretty good.

Pictures from Palau

We had a great time in Palau!! I'll have to borrow some of the group photos later. Here are a few underwater photos of what we saw.

Gray Reef Shark...Lots of em.

Nudibranch - Chromodoris Kunei

Squat Lobster hanging on in Ulong Channel

Turtle Posing

Chamber Nautilus

A new Flatworm...Thanks Mike!!

Smile for the Camera!

Nudibranch - Notodoris minor

Purple Dart Fish

Chambered Nautilus

Mandarin Fish

Another Turtle...of many.

Kunei doing a Marilyn Monroe impression!!

Clown Fish

This spot reserved for the Tiger Shark that didn't Show :-(

Off to Palau

Well memorial weekend is almost here and a large group of us are spending it in Palau Diving. Maybe the next pictures will be of a Tiger Shark or something fascinating. Enjoy your weekend.

5K Step to a Cure

Today we got up early to run a little 5K in the name of Cancer Awareness. We had a great time except for my sore foot which is still wondering whats up. Anyway, a nice way to start you Sunday.

More Sunday Morning Manta Pics

Today we had another nice 2 1/2 hours swimming with the Gentle Giants. Here is a few fun sunspot pictures...they always look better on your camera then when you see them larger on your computer. Even though, it was a blast!

Notice the hook on his head :-(

A few more Manta Pics

We went out Sabbath again and here are a few more pics!! Enjoy!

A few more weekend Pics

More Mantas

The Crew at Ritidian

Manta rays in Guam

We got up at 5 this morning hopes of see a Manta Ray. To our surprise we spent about 2 hours in the water with 8 Mantas that continues to circle us over and over. Wow, what a Sabbath morning!! Of course they were hear to enjoy some Plankton so the pictures had a too much backscatter but it was still an amazing dive!!

Video is in HD so Maximize the Screen if you Wish

Anilao, Philipine Dive Weekend

Hafa Adai Everyone,
Eric and I had the pleasure of heading down to Anilao, Batangas this last weekend. We had been in the area before but didn't have amazing diving. This time we stayed at Club Occelaris who dives guides were amazing. 2 days of diving, 9 dives, 20+ New nudibranch and many other new and old critters. Needless to say we had and awesome time. There is a slideshow with about 100+ photos, but I'll add my 5 favorite finds for those not SO interested in Nudibranchs. A good time was had by all!!!

Gymnodoris rubropaillosa

Janolus sp.

Chromodoris Roboi

Armenia sp.

Occleated Blue Ring (Note Blue Ring under eye, click to enlarge)

For the Die-Hard Macro People....enjoy!

Easter Weekend

This weekend we enjoyed a few hikes some food and even a little relaxation. Sabbath we went down 1000 Steps thinking we would encounter a nice low tide. Instead we found the wave pounding the rocks. Needless to say our IQ's hadn't risen to their normally high stature and we headed down to tidpools anyway. On one occasion I remember looking back after a huge wave and not being able to see Scott and Mikes head above water. If you want to see our insanity look at Scott and Erica's Blog... On Sunday we had a brunch at our place and enjoyed some homemade goodies that were full of cavity fighting vitamins!! Now the week starts all over so back to work!!

1000 Steps

Sunday Brunch

Enoch Visit's Guam

This weekend Enoch Ross dropped by to say hello. He has been help hold down the fort in Saipan while the rest of us were in New Zealand. It was great to see him again but unfortunately my camera was MIA... thus I had to steal a photo from Scott!! Hope you enjoyed Guam Enoch, come again any time!!!

Great day to have some food at Jeff's Pirate Cove