Dolphins

This video is from when Jeff and Sue Thomson were visiting. There is a picture back a ways of us in those lovley wetsuits. These are the little fellas we swam with in the Pacific - Hector's dolphins. They are native to New Zealand and are the smallest dolphin species and are very friendly. Sorry I couldn't get pictures of us swimming with them, because we were busy swimming with them. Go figure.

The water is so full of minerals and nutrients that you can't see down further than a couple feet. So, the only time you saw the dolphins was when they surfaced right next to you which was fun and nervewracking at the same time.

It was certainly an amazing experience. I have had friends swim with dolphins in captivity and thought it was pretty cool. But, I must say swimming with them in the wild is one or two notches up the cool scale.

Oh, when I say swimming, I mean more like bobbing in the water like a beach ball. The wetsuits were 5mm thick and very buoyant.

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And some more pictures. Not much of storyteller these days, at least with words.

Dog and cat being friendly.


On another ride somewhere.


New Zealand rest stop. No kidding, there was as sign for it. Of course the sheep ran away before I took the picture.


God's sun shining on my motorcycle.


Friend Aaron.


At Adrian and Allie's wedding. Ross sneaking into the shot.


Allie and Adrian.


Before we had the cat, Henry slept with Charisa on occasion. There is only so much sun that makes in those windows.


Guess where went? Charisa had a conference to attend in Sydney, so I flew at the end and we made a long weekend of it. Beautiful city. It had been a long time since we had been to such a big city. It felt strange and awe inspiring for awhile.


Bondi Beach, a fancy schmancy area of Sydney.


Also Bondi Beach.


View from gondola that takes people up the hill to the zoo. Not bad eh?


The goats have a nice view as well.


They have one bling giraffe at the zoo. Can you tell which one it is?


My goodness, a full grown Komodo dragon is huge! I had no idea how big they were. The one in Seattle's zoo must be just a teenager. It's no where near this size. I wish we had something in the shot to give some scale, but Charisa wouldn't jump and the dog didn't come with us.


Awww...


Here are some of the gentlemen I work with. We had an awards dinner to go to. We weren't contestants though. Our company sponsors one of the awards.


Man does it look like I am losing my hair or what? I don't think I am.


This is not a joke or a test or a Photoshop trick. This the wallpaper in the lounge of our companie's office. Wow!


For our ninth anniversary we had a weekend away in Akaroa. We lounged around most of the weekend, but we did rent the kayak for a couple to feel a bit adventurous.