The life and times of Doug, Kelly and Finn

From Russia, With Love!

Well, we are here. Actually, we’ve been in country for four days now. The weather has been … well … Russia in winter. Translation: it is freeeking cold! The flights over were uneventful and the trans-Atlantic flight in Iberia Airlines was particularly nice.
We spent the first few days [...]

PADI’s Newest Open Water Scuba Divers

After a very active weekend of diving, Kelly and I finally finished our PADI Open Water Diving Certification. Woohoo! Many, many thanks to Alberto Marti, Antares Ramos and the rest of the crew of Scuba Dogs! Their excellent instruction got us here.
We started our diving adventure back in June 2005. On [...]

Apparently, we need to watch out for squirrels …

A bunch of us are headed to Russia in a few weeks. Thanks Daddy y Mima!! But, who’d have thought we’d have to worry about the squirrels there? On a “funny-but-true” side note … would you believe I played on an intramural basketball team called “The Killer Squirrels” back in college?
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