Dog Beach!

Koa & Duke earned a day at the beach, and they got the most out of it! We went to Coronado Island. Here are some pictures.

The Official Ellis Summer Kick Off BBQ

Toby, Bob, Carly & Bryce brought Lilly over (Great Dane/Bull Mastiff Puppy) to play with Duke & Koa. It's safe to say they all got along great. Oliver & Kim, Luke & Greg joined us. Here are some pictures.

This is serious stuff

May 6th Dive at The Shores with Luke & Greg. Here's some pictures from this morning.

Jesse's Going Away Party!

Jesse is moving to Florida to build homes, cave dive & become rich & famous. He said anyone is welcome to stay with him at any time for any duration! After all, he's got a guest house. Here's some more pictures.

Pictures from Luke's U/W Camera

Ok, so my first roll didn't turn out how I imagined, but I managed to grab these photos.

Below is a photo of Luke at The Shores. Blue water there instead of green is pretty rare. Click here for more photos.

Mitzi Has a Blog?

Check out this link...

http://bookmanme-mitzi.blogspot.com/

2006-04-15 Hike in Mission Trails

We went for a hike in Mission Trails with Kim & Oliver & the dogs. Great hike, good elevation gain & great view at the top. Here are some pictures.

Harry & Sandi Visit San Diego, Go to the Zoo

Harry & Sandi came to visit on their way to tropical Tahiti. We had a great visit, Cat & Harry went to the zoo with Ray & Diane. Click here for some pix.

Congratulations Cat

Congratulations to Cat on her new job back at Petco. She deserved a new car, so she got one! It's a 2001 Saab 9-3 SE. I spent a good part of the day today washing, polishing, waxing, rain-x'ing, armor-all'ing & windex'ing. Of course after all that work it had to rain one final time. At least I get to see the benefit of the wax & rain-x right away.

Here's some pictures.

Monterey Pictures with Disposable UW Camera

Here's Luke shooting video in Monterey at Monastary Beach. Notice that the water is blue, not the typical green you see in San Diego. It was a bit colder though, about 51 degrees on average.
Pictures are here.

Random Pictures from Disposable UW Camera

I'm not sure when these were taken, but here are some more random pictures from the disposable UW camera.

Pictures from our 2004 Catalina Island Trip

I finally got a roll of film developed from my disposable u/w camera and there were some nice shot from our Catalina Island trip. Definitely different from diving in SD.

Pictures are here.

2006-02 Rebreather Trip via Monterey

Ok, so three guys walk into a bar...

Greg, Luke & I left Friday morning heading North with all our gear in Greg's truck. Stopped in SLO (San Luis Obispo) for lunch and made it to Monterey later in the afternoon. Found the only local brew pub nearby (actually in Marina) and made some friends there.

Saturday we woke up and headed a little South to Monastary Beach for a couple of great dives. Later in the day we toured around town and found this underground British pub/restaurant for dinner (see picture below).

At five AM Sunday morning we woke up, packed the truck again & headed North to San Carlos (just South of San Fransisco) to Wallins Dive Center for our rebreather experience. We left for SD around 6:30 PM & high-tailed it all the way back.

Pictures are here.

We're Outta' Here

We left on an afternoon flight to Seattle on Friday for a fun weekend skiing and hanging out with good friends. Erik & Jen picked us up from the airport & we got to see their new house for the first time (it's awesome!). We took a lot of pictures on the trip, so I split them into four parts.

The pictures are here.

We're Going Skiing (Snowboarding)!

We woke up the next morning, shook off the late night before & packed the Jeep and headed for Stevens Pass for a day at the slopes. The weather was phenominal if not a little cold, but there was plenty of snow & we all had a great time. 

Sushi Dinner at the Blockhus' House

We finished up skiing and headed to Uwajimaya for some fresh fish, then back home. Dinner turned out awesome! These pictures are here.
 

Back to San Diego

So we headed back to San Diego after a great weekend with friends. It was nice to get back and see Koa & Duke and relax a little before heading back into the real world (work).
 

2006-02-04 BBQ

Great BBQ on Sunday, glad everyone came. Not too many pictures. As usuall the camera was forgotten for most of the night. The lonely ones are here.

2006 Mammoth Trip

2006-01-22:
Just arrived back from a great weekend at Mammoth Mountain (www.mammothmountain.com). Cath & I had a great time, although we're a little sore. The six hour drive was well worth it. It's really nice to be in the snowy mountains for a weekend having fun, especially when you can come back to warm & sunny San Diego.

Pictures are here.

Mick.

The Yukon is a 366 foot Canadian destroyer brought to San Diego for the purpose of sinking and creating an artificial reef for wildlife & divers (if there is a difference).

The Yukon sunk prematurely when it was towed out to it's final resting place because large swells that evening entered the large holes cut in the side of the ship. As a result the ship is sitting on it's port side on the sand, instead of upright as was intended (oops).

For more info, http://www.cawreckdivers.org/Wrecks/Yukon.htm
http://www.divebums.com/Wrecks/Yukon/index.html

Mick at the Yukon

 

Mick & Greg at the Yukon

 

On the DnD2 at the Yukon

 

La Jolla From the Yukon

 

Another Boat Tied up to the Bow at the Yukon

 

Greg & Matt at the Yukon

 

On the DnD2 Out to the Yukon