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Are you the Master of your Fate?

Written By Topics: Brilliant and Fun Ramblings

What Made Me Think of This? The other day, Ridlon posted a blog called “The Hidden Steps of Life”, with a great lesson about paying attention to life. It was a thoughtful and clever post and this morning as I finished reading a novel called, “The Walk”  by Richard Paul Evans, something in the book [...]

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The Greatness Puzzle

Written By Topics: Adventure Couple Favs

The Greatness Puzzle Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. ― Albert Einstein In life, we are all building our own personal jigsaw puzzle. I call it a greatness puzzle. We are each individually [...]

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Supporting a Dream- In Support of Support

Written By Topics: Brilliant and Fun Ramblings, Life by Design

Everyone Needs Support for Their Dreams In September 2009, Ridlon climbed and summited Cho Oyu, the 6th highest mountain in the world. To accomplish this dream took intensive physical training as well as steadfast mental determination and courage. However, another crucial and overlooked aspect of reaching that goal was an unwavering support team. I was [...]

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Turkey Day in the Tropics Destination Curacao!

Written By Topics: Cool Places, Scuba Diving

11th Annual Thanksgiving Dive Adventure back to the Caribbean!   It seems that Turkey Day and the Caribbean are simply synonymous  and so with great pleasure we are announcing this year’s Turkey Day in the Tropics dive adventure to Curacao!!!  We just spent some time there last month and any time 2 mantas fly over [...]

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The Best Scuba Diving in Palau is with US in March 2012!

Written By Topics: Cool Places, Scuba Diving

PICTURE YOURSELF IN PALAU, MICRONESIA NEXT SPRING! WHY WE THINK THIS PLACE ROCKS (no Rock Island pun intended!) Palau to us is synonymous with diversity. What we mean by that is that each day holds an amazing new adventure both above and below the water. One day, we will dive the famous “blue corner” cavorting [...]

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Scuba with us in Bonaire this November, 2011!!

Written By Topics: Cool Places, Scuba Diving

Bonaire SCUBA Sampler Do you want to: Do some great diving with a fun group of people? Hone your dive skills under the supervision of top instructors? Finish up a diving certification? Get a great deal on a vacation? Have a once in a lifetime adventure? If you answered “Yes” to any of those questions, [...]

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Great Summer Dive Getaway- St. Vincent and Young Island

Written By Topics: Cool Places, Scuba Diving

Summer Getaway- Young Island, St. Vincent Young Island, the dive and party place of the jet set will be OURS this August 6th-13th as we launch a James Bond style takeover of the floating sensation, the Coconut Bar. Before the fall rolls around, soccer practice starts and your evening computer programing class sucks you in…..get [...]

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Whale Sharks of Isla Mujeres, Mexico

Written By Topics: Cool Places, Scuba Diving

Swimming with Senor Big! The largest fish in the ocean, the whale shark, is also one of the most docile.  I can’t imagine any other multiple ton animal that I would swim two feet in front of.  What I mean is that I ‘ve been so close that I could reach out and stick my [...]

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Why Manta Rays Rock or….What’s Your Favorite Marine Critter?

Written By Topics: Conservation, Scuba Diving

What is your favorite marine critter and why? For Mantagirl, it’s….well…manta rays of course!!! Why? I’ll explain, but first there seems to be a lot of confusion over different species of rays. Let me try to clear that up. The three rays you are most likely to see snorkeling or diving in tropical oceans are [...]

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Top Five Tips for Your First Scuba Diving Adventure

Written By Topics: Scuba Diving

Always wanted to try scuba diving or had a poor first experience?  Read on! Yesterday on Facebook, a friend named Jennifer commented on one of my photos.  She mentioned that she had tried scuba diving but had a bad experience.  This made me very sad.  But it was also not the first time I had [...]

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