At the beginning of August 2016 JoAnn and I took a driving trip around the southwestern U.S.
This 10 minute slide show includes some photos of Tioga Pass area, Grand Canyon, marble canyon, glen canyon dam, horseshoe bend, Monument valley, Valley of the gods, Natural bridges, needles overlook into canyonlands, Canyonlands, a valley near Moab, Arches National park, Capitol reef, Goblin valley, Grand staircase escalante and Bryce canyon. E-mail me if you need any specifics.

This video was taken on a trip with Coral Reef Adventures on a sunset snorkel adventure off Kona on the big island
of Hawaii. At dark the plankton and krill sink to the bottom. We snorkel at the surface holding onto a small floating 
platform which has bright lights pointing down into the water. This brings the food source back to the lights and concentrates
it at the area just below the platform. The Mantas are attracted for an evening snack and they do barrel rolls just below
the platform scooping the food into their wide mouths. They are filter feeders with no teeth and no barbed tail so they
are totally harmless. Their throat is actually only the size of a golf ball so they couldn't swallow you even if they wanted
to.  The birth of the baby dolphin at our hotel dolphin center was a added bonus.