Today I’m skipping our two morning dives so I can get my online homework done for the day, buuuuuuut…….the internet isn’t working. So that’s cool. Apparently us Americans used three days worth of their very limited bandwidth within a two hour span last night. The internet provider cut us off for 24 hours. We do three dives a day. On the evenings that we do a night dive, we skip the after lunch dive. Since we'll have spare time before the night dive, we’re heading back to mainland Utila to check things out. That’s why I opted to do my homework this morning; the night dive doesn’t start until 6:30pm, then dinner, then we’ll be whipped. Breathing that tank air takes everything out of you. .....Walking around here at night is neat, but you have to ... read more

The day started at 6:30 in the morning. Our dive equipment was transported to the boat and we headed to breakfast. The first dive of the trip is an easy one that is mostly for everyone to get their weights right and acclimated to the water. I didn’t do so well. Actually, I didn’t “do” at all. I freaked. I’ve gained a lot of weight since we bought my wetsuit and on top of the tight fit, over the years, I’ve developed a lot of anxiety. I kept telling Alex I should just rent a wetsuit and leave mine at home, but he talked me into just trying it. I felt like I couldn’t breathe before we even hit the water. Once we did, attempting to let all of the air out of my lungs so ... read more

We headed south with friends, Chassen and John...the trip was sure to be interesting if nothing else. Neither of them have left the country, both are single, ready to mingle, and excited to take on Cabo. The resort was incredible. I had no idea what we were in for and it wound up being perfect. The boys each got their own bed and a private bath. There was a living space with a full kitchen. Alex and I had a huge master bedroom & a private bathroom with jacuzzi. Our room, their room, and the living space all had an ocean view with sliding glass doors to access the patio. There were a couple of padded lounge chairs on the patio. Chassen and John slept out there a couple of times. Where we were staying, you ... read more

UPDATED: January 3, 2009 I saw a t-shirt that said, "I Love the Grand Canyon" with a hip design that I kind of liked. I decided that I would wait until after we hiked out of the Grand Canyon before I made any purchasing decisions. I wound up buying a shot glass instead If they had a shirt that said, "I might love the Grand Canyon a few years from now when the incredible pain from hiking to the bottom and back out is a distant memory"....I would have bought that one. We were off to a good start heading down the South Kaibab Trail. A couple hours into it I thought to myself, "this is great...I could do this all day!" Our bags were heavy with water. While there are a couple water stations on ... read more

The car is officially our home. Car chargers, dirty clothes, random fruit and bags of chips.... Our belongings are in every crack and crevice of that thing. If you're planning a trip out west and would like to hear some reviews, I'll make an entry at the end of places we have been to for sleeping, eating, and anything else I can't think of at the moment. Currently, I'm sitting in our room at a Holiday Inn in Colorado, Alex is sleeping, and it's only 9:35 p.m. We've been tent camping, but the need for wi-fi to e-mail freelance projects and electricity to juice up a few batteries brought us here. I didn't shower for almost four days. The layers of sweat, sunscreen, and Off were past due for being scrubbed off. We camped in ... read more