Tips for Touring St Augustine, Florida
by J “Kat” Loren : : St Augustine, Florida is one of America’s most romantic cities. A city to be savored, it is best explored on foot. Forget about your … Continue reading
Mermaid Lessons: Kayak Snorkeling off Hawaii’s Kealakekua Bay
By Julia “Kat” Loren : : My niece Zoe, had never been snorkeling off a kayak before but the calm waters off Captain Cook Monument near Kona’s Kealakekua Bay … Continue reading
A Honu Day for Me – Best Morning and Evening Snorkeling Beaches off Kihei, Maui
By J. “Kat” Loren : : It’s a typical Maui day for a tourist like me. I drive down the hill from my condo towards my designated beach as the … Continue reading
Pearling around Tahiti
by J “Kat” Loren : : We met in a Pearl Grading class at the Gemological Institute of America in Carlsbad, CA. He, a young, blond, quintessential California surfer with … Continue reading
Life Aboard the Aqua Cat: Above and Beneath in the Bahamas
So many shades of blue drift between the heavens, the sea and all that lies beneath that I could not take them all in during my week aboard the AquaCat Dive boat based in Nassau, Bahamas.
Sailing in the Cannibal Islands
by J “Kat” Loren : : Luganville, Espiritu Santo Island in the Vanuatu Archipelago (Somewhere south of Papua New Guinea & far off the coast of Queensland, AU) We … Continue reading
Where Seals Learn to Swim: Catalina Island, California
Destination Swims: Catalina Island, CA _____________________________________________________________________________ By J Kat” Loren :: Sometimes when adults sank themselves into the ritual stupor of cold gin under the hot afternoon sun in … Continue reading
No Suit, No Problem: The Blue Grotto Of Capri Island, Italy
Destination Swim: The Blue Grotto, Island of Capri, off Naples, Italy ________________________________________________________________________________ by J “Kat” Loren : : It was too early for tourists. The only person I saw was … Continue reading
My Father’s Last Fjord: Cruising the Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska
By J. “Kat” Loren :: ___________________ Millions of people cruise every year. For some, it is a first cruise. For others, they sense upon embarkation, that it will be their last. … Continue reading
Intergenerational Cruising: The no-stress family vacation
By J “Kat” Loren :: Everyone’s done it in my family but me. When my sister called and said mom and dad wanted to take the Star Princess cruise to … Continue reading
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