Well after months of work, our first E-Book is complete. It’s called “Steve’s Book of Birds Vol 1” and it contains over 50 types of birds. My wife and I have traveled all over the country, this book contains some of the birds that we saw in our travels. Some of the birds are from Alaska, some are from our travels to other states; HI, GA, CA, WA and other places.
Great Blue Heron
There is such a variety of birds, though I’m not a ornithologist (Person who studies birds) I do enjoy taking pictures of them. Hope you enjoy this book also. The book is $3.99 and it’s available on Amazon to download.
My wife and I have lived in Alaska since 2000, we have lived in the SE part of the state in Ketchikan since 2008. Ketchikan has a large amount of totem poles. As a photographer I have enjoyed taking pictures of many of them. We recently compiled some of our pictures and placed them in both in a E-Book as well as in a hard copy. The book can be found on Amazon. If you like totem poles or are curious about them, please check it out. Thank you.
We are fortunate to have another of our books published on Amazon. Its a E-Book, we are still working on paper editions. My wife and I have traveled to HI several times while living in Alaska. These are some of our memories and pictures. Â You can download a free preview of it on Amazon. Hope you enjoy, if you do please consider leaving a review of it. Thank you.
Digital copy of Hawaii (From an Alaskan’s viewfinder)
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We finished our second E-Book a few years ago. Several people have been asking where they can get a copy, so here it is. This one has almost 60 pages and about 70 pictures of bald eagles as seen in Ketchikan Alaska, USA. It is listed on Amazon at the price of $5.99,for the eBook version. Â It is in their format for Kindles. Where we live , eagles can be seen every day, rain or snow, summer or winter. It never gets old watching these majestic birds. This book has some of my pictures that I have captured over the last few years. Hope you enjoy it. Thanks for your time.
Digital downloaded copy Alaskan Eagles.
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At the start of Feb 2025, Alaskan Airlines had a three day sale to some remote places, one of which was Belize. We had never been there, and we did just renew our passports, so I booked my wife and I a trip, we went near the end of Feb. it was Increasable, or as the people in Belize say, “it was UnBelizable”. We stayed 6 days and 5 nights. Our hotel was the Ramada Princess in Belize City.
Sunrise the first day
On our first day, I had scheduled a “Three in one” tour with Belize Fun Tours, Adrian was our driver, both he and the tours were great, First we went to Alt Un Ha Mayan ruins. It was our first time to a Mayan ruins. Some of the steps were a little narrow, and there were no rails climbing to the top, but it was great.
Second we went to the Belize zoo. If you have ever seen the movie “We bought a zoo”, it kind of got its start similar. There was a lady that want to help the animals, so she started helping and saving them, them it turned into a zoo. Really fun area, good for a family. There were lots of signs and lots of native birds and animals.
Our third stop was cave tubing on a river through a dark cave systems. It was about a half hour hike, carrying a innertube before we entered the river, but it was well worth it.
Our next day started off going on another tout through Belize Fun Tours, this time our driver and guide was Greg. He took us to see a area that had Howler Monkeys living in the wild. That also was a little hike on uneven terrain but again, very much worth it. It the
Afternoon of the same day we went on a Belize city tour, it was educational and we learned how rum was made.
The Third day we took a 1 hour ferry ride to a near by island, Caye Caulker. There we went on a half day snorkeling adventure, with Caye Caulker Snorkeling. I am not much of a swimmer, so I was a little hesitant. Though before we went on the trip I had thought there might be a chance of snorkeling, so I bought us both a full face snorkel mask. Very wise investment, highly recommend if you are going to snorkel. I did not drink any sea water, and the mask was easier to use and easier to learn on. We made 4 stops, the first was bout waste deep and there were sting rays and nurse sharks around us. The second was deeper, though they offered me a fife vest, this one we stayed in the boat. The third was about 4 to 5 feet and it was nice, then they took us looking for manatees, though we did not find any. Then we had a chance to feed both Frigate birds and Tarpon fish. Then we returned back to Belize City on the ferry.
Next day we mostly rested, though I went out and took some bird pictures. We fly back on the day after. Going down we flew from Ketchikan to Seattle to Los Angeles. On our Return trip we flew from Belize city to Seattle to Ketchikan. It was a adventure that if you have the opportunity, we suggest that you do. Belize it or not.
A few more things, First we did not rent a car, and glad that we didn’t, speed limit signs and yellow lines are suggestions there, Drivers there pass each other when ever then want. We only saw one accident while we were there, and were told that they really don’t have too many. In the cities there were bicyclist and a lot of dogs in many of the streets, so drive defensively, if you do drive. Second, there were lots of churches, every denomination that we could think of, it seemed, could be found there. Also many of the churches had private schools attached to them, for the kids. This also was nice to see.
In closing attached are links to the reviews that we did, and a few other links that we did:
“You have seen the results of pollution added to the air, but not the air itself. What about the wind, have you ever seen the wind?“
” I see it when the leaves fall or when the trees sway.“
“Those again are the results of the wind, but not the wind itself. What about love, have you actually ever seen love?“
” I have seen the results of love, or love in action, or the causes or results of love.“
“Ok, one more for you, have you ever seen gravity?“
” I believe that gravity has the same answer as the others, I can see the result of it, but not actually it.”
“You have learned well, my son, teach this to others“
Just like the air, wind, love and gravity are the unseen spiritual realm, yes I’m talking of angels and demons, I’m talking about spiritual warfare. We can see the results of their involvement in peoples lives, both good and bad. I have heard of a baby picked up and landed safely from a tornado (the good), we all have heard about some random violence or shooting someplace (the bad). The Bible speaks both about angels and demons. It speaks of angels with a flaming sword, angels that were delayed in responding, angels that went before people in several battles. The Bible also spoke of those that were under the influence of the demonic, one guy that beat up seven brothers and sent them running away, naked and scared, another guy who lived in the tombs and would harass the villagers. To learn more about what the Bible has to say, do a word search for angels or demons. The truth is that both are real. Sometimes what people credit as good or bad luck, can actually be involvement from either a angel or a demon. Just because you can’t see something doesn’t mean that it doesn’t exist. Some have said, “well I was just following the voices in my head, so I ….”, think before you act, could this be a angel or a demon trying to help you or use you as a pawn. The Bible talks of preparing oneself for the battle, learn God’s word, apply it to your live, in those times that you feel like your being attacked by something unseen, cry out to Jesus. By His name, every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that He is the Lord, even the demonic shutter at His name. He can help. If this intrigues you, get involved in a Bible teaching, believing and preaching church in your area, or find one online.
Ketchikan Alaska, if you have had the opportunity to take an Alaskan cruise, this may have been one of your stops. My wife and I have lived here since 2008. Ketchikan is a tourist community from usually May until the end of September. We receive many cruise ships here everyday during that time. There are many wonderful and fun tours that are available here, many are outside. The problem is it rains here a lot, like 12 to 15 FEET of rain a year. So when people get off their ships there is a good chance it could be raining. Living here for so long, we know the places that most tours do not take their customers, we know “the locals areas”. Also living here so long I have enjoyed photography, so over the years I have several thousands of pictures. While I can only enjoy so many, we thought it would be a good idea to make some videos,, over the years of some that we observed. After making a few videos, we just combined them together onto a Blu-ray disc. The title of the disc is “The Ketchikan most tourist never see”. We just received our first shipment and we are just trying to sell them by word of mouth, they are not in any stores. This disc has many pictures and videos of whales, bears, eagles, totem poles, waterfalls, nature, lakes, various tours and more. It contains the videos “A day in Ketchikan”, “Kids like Ketchikan” and “The world of Ketchikan”. I will offer them here for $27 (including shipping), selling them locally they are $25. If you have never visited Ketchikan, these will give you an idea of what is here. If you have been through Ketchikan, these will be a good reminder of what you might have seen or things that you may have missed while here. These also would make a great gift for anyone with “Alaska” on their bucket list. Thank you.
The Ketchikan most tourist never see Blu-ray disc
This is a Blu-ray disc that contains many pictures as well as the videos “A day in Ketchikan”, “Kids like Ketchikan” and “The world of Ketchikan”. It has a slide show that displays most of the local totem poles. There are many pictures of eagles, whales, bears. This is the Ketchikan most never see while they visit here.
Videos and pictures 