The Chef is Spitting in Your Soup I’ve seen both sides of dive travel all over the world – both as a guest and for 20 years on the service/professional side working as a dive instructor, running dive operations and finally owning my own dive expedition company. And during that time I’ve been fortunate [...]
Friendships and the Adventure Job/Lifestyle

Friendships and an Adventure Lifestyle I love my sister. She and I have always been close and, except for the time when I was 14 and she was 9 and she had a crush on my “boyfriend”, we’ve never had a fight and as it is we still laugh about THAT one! We live across [...]
The Financial Side of an Adventure Job – Posted Wednesday from Sardinia, Italy

You want to travel the world and have an adventurous life? Fantastic! Does that mean you sentence yourself to a life of poverty? No. If you are smart financially, you can enjoy the benefits of an adventure lifestyle and live well. Look carefully at the job you are applying for. There are some that do [...]
The Downside of An Adventure Job

Over the past months, I’ve extolled the joys of living an adventurous life. Of course it is necessary to pay for an adventurous life and there again I have written volumes on the virtues of adventure jobs. In my last post, Living Your Best Life, I posted photos of exotic locations and talked about canoeing [...]
Living Your Best Life

In the past two weeks I have had more than a dozen people tell me, “Wow, you’ve got the best job in the world”. I smile and say, “well, it’s not a bad office for sure”. Ridlon and I have returned to work for a cruise line for a time and are back traveling throughout [...]
Canoeing Croatia

Places are known for things. You know what I mean? Like Bonaire is known for diving and the Himalayas are known for climbing. But what’s really cool is to find things to do that places are not known for. Like the fact that Bonaire is a fantastic place to go land sailing. Maybe it’s just [...]
Top 25 Questions on Dive Travel? #3, How do I Select a Resort?

There are a few key factors in selecting a resort for your dive vacation. First, ask yourself, “Do I want a vacation with diving or a dive vacation?” One of my favorite resorts in the world is Vatulele in Fiji. You have a private 1500 sq.ft. villa with a fridge stocked full of Veuve Clicquot. [...]
Top 25 Dive Travel Questions, #22, How Do I Take Care of my Gear At the End of My Vacation?
The key to longevity of the life of your dive gear is to take care of it, especially after a trip. At The Resort Many dive resorts and dive operators will rinse your gear daily and at the end of the week of diving. This is a wonderful service, allowing you to simply walk away [...]
Top 25 Dive Travel Questions, #5 Staying Healthy and Fit for Diving on the Road
How do I stay healthy and fit for diving before and on the road? As proven by the shape of divers worldwide you don’t have to be a marathon runner to dive BUT I have to say I am VERY concerned about the general fitness level of many divers. Being overweight and out of shape [...]
Majestic Mountain Home Montana Rental
Public Service Announcement- Cool Montana house for rent for your next vacation! Today’s post is more public service announcement than anything but it comes from the authenticity of our lifestyle. We talk about getting out there, following your dreams and living a more adventurous lifestyle. Not only do we talk and blog about it but [...]
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