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Minnesota Dogsled Adventure
17 videos from Gary’s dogsledding experience with his sister, Stacy, at WIntergreen Dogsled Lodge in March 2020
Boundary Waters Canoeing Trip
21 videos taken in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from the September 2020 guided trip Jani and Gary took with her brother Matt, his wife Cathy, Gary’s cousin Dan, and his wife Ceil.
False Cape VA Bike Trip
16 videos taken in False Cape State Park during a camping trip, with bikes, in early May 2021. Gary and Jani met with Jani’s brother Matt and his wife, Cathy, who were already camping there.
Adirondacks Canoe Trip with Grandkids
17 videos taken with a GoPro during our trip to the St. Regis area of the Adirondack Mountains with two of our grandsons, Sam and Jude, as well as their parents Austin and Nicole.
Paddling in the Allagash Wilderness Waterway
21 videos taken with GoPro and iPhone on our September trip in the Allagash. Included are clips of whitewater canoeing, a canoe rescue, canoe poling, hand-feeding wild birds, waterfalls and lining canoes past a broken dam site.
This video gallery has 24 short video clips taken with a GoPro underwater in Curaçao. It is a first attempt at underwater photography and not as polished as we might hope. It should however, give you an insight into scuba diving and the remarkable world that exists under the surface. The audio has been left intact, but feel free to mute these videos if you find the sounds of breathing annoying. Fish make sounds as well, but the microphone could not pick up these sounds.
As a further point of reference, it should be understood that colors are seen differently by human eyes underwater. As one dives deeper, human eyes lose the ability to see reds, oranges and yellows. As a result, what you will see in these videos are largely bathed in blues and greens. Most were shot in the 30′ to 50′ range under the waves. This changes if videos/photos are shot using a light source, something that was unavailable to us. We hope to improve on that in the future.
Most days, we had 40′-60′ horizontal visibility on our dives, but later in the week there were stronger currents and more silt in the water. Unfortunately, we only started using our camera after our instructional dives, later in the week. We also so many more fish in our early dives, but there is still plenty to see on these short clips. We suggest watching them full-screen to get the most out of them.
Two months later, Gary returned to Curaçao to complete and add to his certifications. He was able to take some videos on one of his deep dives.