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Storms and strawberries

Right now we're somewhere over Virginia / North Carolina and we just skirted around a couple of spectacular thunderstorms tonight. Lightning streaked across the sky, filling my window. It was as if someone had electrified large sticks of fluffy cotton candy. We were above and to the side of the storms;...

Posted to Jim Blizzards Blog (Weblog) by jimblizzard on 05-08-2008
Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch - March 11, 2008

I was in Orlando for a business meeting today. Tonight after dinner Scott, my roommate for the night, had the TV on a weather channel as we talked about stuff. The hours flew by and suddenly it was after 11 PM. We were about to turn off the TV when I heard the magic words "space shuttle launch."...

Posted to Jim Blizzards Blog (Weblog) by jimblizzard on 03-11-2008
Cozumel Dive Montage

Here's a montage of the dive videos I took in Cozumel earlier this month. I cut out most of the rapid camera movements that usually plague my videos. Hopefully you won't get seasick! :) I did two dives in Cozumel. In the first one we worked our way down an incline to about 70 feet or so, and...

Posted to Jim Blizzards Blog (Weblog) by jimblizzard on 03-09-2008
What? It's leap year again?

Wednesday, Feb 27 - Plant City We rode the yellow horse (Pam) and Holly (me) during our riding lesson this evening. Tonight was the first time I've ever loped on a horse (faster and more comfortable than a trot, slower than a gallop). I instantly threw my right hand in the air, made a lassoing motion...

Posted to Jim Blizzards Blog (Weblog) by jimblizzard on 03-06-2008
Cayman Island diving video - January 2008

Video montage of the diving in Grand Cayman, January 2008. The first segment is at the beginning of the first dive, starting in 45 feet of water. We were at the top of a wall that dropped to over 2,000 feet. The group huddles up for a moment, making sure everything is working properly. In the background...

Posted to Jim Blizzards Blog (Weblog) by jimblizzard on 01-21-2008
Isla Roatan, Honduras - snorkeling videos

Soothing video of the undersea world at Roatan Island (Isla Roatan), Honduras. The sky was cloudy and it drizzled occasionally, but we were wet in the water anyway and didn't care. Best news was there wasn't any wind on this side of the island, and no waves either. And the snorkeling was fabulous...

Posted to Jim Blizzards Blog (Weblog) by jimblizzard on 01-21-2008
january 7, 2008 - pam's birthday cruise, part 7 - it's all over 'cept the memories

We're back home now. I still can't get over how beautiful the reef at Roatan Island, Honduras is. Our voyage back north from Honduras was pretty uneventful, except for .... what happened to the Cuban Refugees? There were rumors throughout the ship. They'd been dropped off in Mexico - that's...

Posted to Jim Blizzards Blog (Weblog) by jimblizzard on 01-06-2008
january 4, 2008 - pam's birthday cruise, part 6 - roatan island, honduras

During the middle of the night I woke up and took a look at the Ship Map Channel. What the...? We had done a couple of zig-zags and now were doing a loop-de-loop. Huh? The map zoomed out a bit then I could see - Belize and Roatan are so close to each other that it doesn't really take long to get...

Posted to Jim Blizzards Blog (Weblog) by jimblizzard on 01-04-2008
january 3, 2008 - pam's birthday cruise, part 5 - belize

The wind gods are still in charge. We woke up early today and I immediately turned on the Ship Map Channel. On the water, still blowing 30 with gusts to 40 knots. Betcha we're not going snorkeling today. And a couple of hours later we, and everyone else who had water sports planned - all that stuff...

Posted to Jim Blizzards Blog (Weblog) by jimblizzard on 01-03-2008
january 2, 2008 - pam's birthday cruise, part 4 - splash in cozumel

We sailed from the Cayman Islands to Cozumel New Year's night. Dave was still quarantined, and wouldn't be able to see the doctor again until this morning. Pam and I got a good night's sleep though, worn out from all the partying New Year's Eve and all the excitement in Grand Cayman....

Posted to Jim Blizzards Blog (Weblog) by jimblizzard on 01-02-2008

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