The Yakima Cowgirls at the Northern Idaho State Fair. Their grace and horse-handling were increadible.

Bronco Riding at the same fair. I love how the horse has all four legs off the ground in this shot.

Another awesome rider. It was amazing watching these guys.

This is not that great of a shot, but I wanted to include it to show what baby moray eels grow into. Compare this cute guy to the next photo.

Luckily these guys are pretty shy and only attack if provoked (like most animals). I found both of these eels while diving off La Paz on the Baja Peninsula in Mexico.

This little creature is called Frank Sinatra crab by the locals and is extremely shy. I discovred this blue-eyed hermit crab in the waters of the Cayman Islands and had to wait a long time before it crawled out from under his house.

The Cayman dive sites I visited had an amazing amount of micro-life. I disovered new features on my camera and really worked on my buoyancy control while hovering to get the perfect shot. These banded shrimp and brittle star were hiding inside a huge pink sponge. The shrimps' actual size are smaller than a paperclip.

These feather duster worms would retreat as soon as they detected any water movement. It felt like I held my breath for a good minute to get this shot.

My award winning shot of christmas tree worms. I won the weekly photography competition at the dive outfitter we used and came home with a free tank-top.

The Cayman waters were filled with spiny lobsters. Unfortunately they are protected, so you can't take them home for dinner.

This saddled blenny is about the lenght of my index finger. He darted around similar to a lizard's movements, so getting the shot was another case of perfecting my buoyancy control.