Today I leave for my annual return to Egypt with a group of VIP customers from all over the United States. Before i join the group for diving in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, I will tour the famous sites of the Kingdom of Jordan including the Lost City of Petra, Mt. Nebo, the Dead Sea [...]
Forget Crystal River. My canal is the now the hot bed for manatee activity in Florida. I walked out this morning and discovered a family of five manatees just next to my dock Manatees are quite rare in the shallow canals in my neighborhood. One manatee appeared under my neighbors dock a few weeks ago [...]
I arrived home to Key Largo on Sunday morning August 17th from a two week tour of the Northeast. The buzz around town was the threat of Tropical Storm Fay cruising up the Caribbean. After some minor preparations yesterday I decided to ride out the storm that was more hype than substance. Today was a [...]
Another August and another trip to the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York. Since 1989, I have made the trek up to Hunter to experience exceptional camping, hiking and mountain biking. However, what really draws my friends and I back every year is the party scene at the camp site and the annual German Alps [...]
Indian Valley SCUBA, our friends from Harleysville, PA come down in big numbers for a well anticipated 2008 Keys lobster mini-season. Catching lobster is off limites from March 31st to August 6th every year but the state of Florida allows recreational divers, snorkelers and boaters first dibs at a plethora of lobster during a two [...]
I met Tamara Wainer on my first trip to Little Cayman in October 2003. Tamara made numerous trips to the Keys for diving in 2004-2006 in the years after I purchased my house in the Keys. On the Fantastic Endeavors Roatan trip in September 2005, Tamara brought a friend named Mike Raftery as her dive [...]
WoW! For the past 4 years at my house in Key Largo, a crocodile took up residence on my neighbors floating dock across the canal from my house. The croc was an infrequent unpredicatable visitor to our quiet neighborhood but always a welcome site when creature did appear. Over the years, the croc has grown [...]
I have lived in Key Largo 4 years and logged over 200 dives on the Spiegel Grove. After numerous explorations inside the super-structure and gunnels of the Spiegel, I finally took the initiative to venture deeper in some dark passages inside the interior of the big ship. One vertical chute goes down 10 feet into an [...]
With great pleasure, I welcome our community of adventure travelers to our travel log. Our log will track the travels and stories of myself and other contributors who travel the world in search of the next best adventure experience. Please feel free to comment on our travel log posts
Enjoy the Journey
David W. Hartman