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Cross border tourism in Baja Norte
Tijuana, Ensenada, Rosarito, Puerto Nuevo, Guadalupe Valley. Just a few of the Baja, Mexico destinations which used to be easy and popular day trips from San Diego. In the space of a few years major c…
Panoramas from Fort Louis, Marigot, Saint Martin
The town of Marigot on the French side of St Martin has an old fort named Fort Louis above it. Though not large, and mostly collapsed, the fort has a commanding view of the area and is worth the short…
Maho beach - watching planes land at SXM
Princess Juliana International Airport SXM (aka Sint Maarten International Airport) has a runway which approaches over the ocean. The end of the runway is several feet from a short and steep beach, Ma…
First day on Saint Martin
We have been here for less than a day but I thought I would write some first impressions to look back and likely see how wrong I was. Like most nations in the area, development has been a it ramshackl…
Touring the Kentucky Bourbon Trail
I've enjoyed touring Scottish distilleries as well as wineries around the world, but had never visited any American distilleries. We thought that this needed to change and found ourselves in Kentucky …
Bourbon Family Tree
[caption id="attachment_1880" align="aligncenter" width="695"] Bourbon Family Tree from GQ[/caption] Compared to something like the number of Scotch producers , there are relatively few producers of b…
A long weekend diving at Two Harbors, Catalina Island
Last weekend we went to Two Harbors on the isthmus of Catalina Island with the PowerScuba group. We had gorgeous weather and the diving was great. More photos can be found here: More photos of diving …
Review of DiveRite 16lb QB quick release weight pocket for backplate diving
My review of the DiveRite 16lb QB system as a ditch-able weight system for a scuba diving with a backplate harness (or any 2" webbing harness system).
Home Automation: Motion sensors and lights with VERA scenes (micasaverde z-wave)
One of the more frustrating aspects of building z-wave scenes in VERA I've found over the years is when multiple points of automation are touching the same switches or sensors. Thankfully there is usually a way to workaround it by using apps like VERA Countdown timer.
Zion National Park
Last fall we took a road trip through some of the South West - I've finally got around to posting photos from the first part of that trip to Zion National Park. We were very lucky with the timing as s…