New Zealand was Amazing!

My wonderful friend Charyse and I drove a sleeper van around the north island of New Zealand. 

We had so much fun!

Swimming with whales in Tonga!

This was an amazing trip! 

For 10 days I was on a boat in the beautiful, clear, Tongan waters where I had the privileged to swim with humpback whales. 

Thank you Karim Iliya, our trusty guide and photographer for the invite and the opportunity. 

I made life-long friends here and memories I will never forget. 

Here are two videos: one from land and one from sea.

Enjoy, I know I did :)

Donating my Hair!

Every other year I am able to donate my hair. My hair grows really long and throughout my life time I have been able to donate about 5 feet of hair. My fantastic sister Suzi helped to cut and trim my hair. 

Off with the ponytail! 

Tah-dah!

St. Louis Missouri

“I think St. Louis is right about here somewhere, maybe, kind of in this general area, possibly,” I said pointing to the map on my laptop. Let’s be honest, I really didn’t have a clue where St. Louis was. But I do now.

St. Louis was an interesting city. I liked the various architecture, the Arch, the old industrial buildings, the rivers, the variety in culture, food, slang and people. I enjoyed the nice weather, the murky rivers, the firefly glittered nights, the brick stone streets, pork steaks, the weekend park festivals and my wonderful co-workers I came to know and love. I will miss the Katy Trail, Forest Park, the fantastic trinket shops, gooey butter cake, the Lewis and Clark statues, the City Museum, the Frontier Park festivals, Fitz Root Beer and the friends I made during my time there.

Thanks St. Louis for the memories and farewell to my friends. Until we meet again.