Full Circle: Part 2

Fifteen years ago I went on a summer exchange to the University of Hawaii at Hilo. I was testing out a childhood dream of becoming a marine biologist. I took my first marine biology courses along with oceanography and I began to scuba dive. Two weeks ago, I returned to the Big Island of Hawaii to see it again, dive it again and refresh my memories of those days. Here are some pictures from my dives there.

Full circle

I started this blog about a year ago as my sabbatical began. Now it is over and I returned home for a few days. Just behind these mountains is Anaconda, MT, where I grew up.

Oyster Bay Chickee: Before the Big Paddle

Feeling has returned to my arms and here is a picture from just before departing on 18 hours of near-continuous paddling with my buddy, Dan, that left me with no sensation in my left arm. Use your mouse to scroll left and right over the image. It may take a few moments to load.  NOTE: when there is more than one panorama on the page that's loaded, the other panoramas don't work.  If you want to see the other panoramas, then click on the title of the post to open it in a new window.