Quirky thoughts from an old man.
This year the elusive Red Sea Horse was found and photographed by Sean Burke. Betsy King and Sylvia Burke share the honor as co-discoverers.
The Red Sea Horse sighting in Fiji
The ruse was perfectly created by Simon’s great planting of the horse, Gene B’s excited discovery and Solo the divemaster’s figuring out what was going on and playing along. Codger Dive Trips are a time when we can all be in 8th grade again
This is a beautiful resort.
Wananavu Resort at sunrise
Ra Divers dive boat
They named the special drink of the day Mr B’s Downfall in my honor.
Underwater photos to follow.
Halcyon Bush is the very good Post Mistress on Utila in Honduras.
She has a great name, a wonderfully happy demeanor and is an excellent representative of the endangered Post Office.
In March I and a few of the codger divers bought all of her postcard stamps and enjoyed getting to know her and her friend the judge.
You can see the group photo here
I borrowed underwater photographs from other people and put together this group of representative pictures. Click here to see 49 photos on Flickr
Simon at the cleaning station
Photo by Ray P.
The fish were varied but not abundant. There were eels and lobsters and octopi. And one of my contributing photographers took a close up of a Garden Eel.
Garden Eel
I have posted a group of photos of the land part of the Codger dive trip to Utila on Flickr. Click Here to See the Album.
The closest we got to a whale shark.
The Deep Blue Resort exceeded expectations. The town of Utila was past the end of the road, rustic and exotic.
The Codger Ten.
The Codgers were, as usual, exceptionally simpatico travel companions. Lets go to Fiji next year. See 47 Photos
A nice stiff baseball cap is every mans dream. On our trip to the Philippines last year we inadvertently came across the formula for a hat stiffening spray. We then created a name and marketing campaign for the product. It is called
Aussie Rules Hat Stiffener
The tag line is:
“Stiffer is Better”
And the spokesperson is:
A very hot Australian Womens Surfing Champion
If you want to try marketing this idea contact me and I’ll license the secret formula to you.
A sunset across the lagoon.
The Deep Blue Resort from the dive boat.
Really a nice place to dive and stay
