You never forget your first white-winged scoter, a big black sea duck with a white curve above each eye resembling the Nike Swoosh logo. Especially if your first scoter is bobbing along the Columbia ...
I remember when the desire to dive first came over me. I was in Baja California, kayaking and wild camping my way around Espiritu Santo Island, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve just north of La Paz. While I ...
Don Barthelmess, a retired deep-sea diver and longtime Santa Barbara City College diving instructor, is leading an effort to install a bronze statue at the Santa Barbara Harbor to commemorate the ...