Thursday, March 27, 2008
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Cozumel Day One
3-17-08, Dive #73, 61 ft, 53 min
Dalela
Great dive, 10 divers, Sergio Jr is the dive master and we are on the Nuria. The Nuria is a leased boat. They are so busy the have three boats running now.
Saw a large grouper, big eel tail, and lots of other fish.
They sent me up at 725 psi and I hated to go. 700 is the normal start up time.
Dove with me new computer for the first time. Sergio showed me how to use it.
I left the old gauges on because I needed the security of knowing I knew how to read it.
My new weight belt worked great. I hardly felt the 22 lbs of lead around my waist.
My mask leaked a little and fogged up some. If it continues I'll tooth paste it again.
Bottom time to date 68:34
Dive #74, 68 ft, 53 min
Cedral
This was an end of reef dive and it was great. So many fish and colorful sponges. I saw a rock beauty angel fish (black and yellow), and the biggest parrot fish I've see, except maybe on Ohau. Great dive.
Bottom time to date 69:27
Dive #75 49 ft, 63 min
Night dive, Chunkaab Reef
Alfonso, Diego, Diego's brother, and a cute young couple. His name was Mike and he helped me get up on the platform at the end of the dive. I was ok when we started, but we kept circling around long enough for me to get anxious. As soon as I got in the water, I was fine. My new light was awesome. Connie out did herself when she bought me my birthday presents. We saw a squid, sting ray, big crabs, lobster, splended toad fish, round rays, slipper lobster, and some strange stripped snake looking thing. A first happened tonight and it will probably never happen again. When I got on the boat Connie was there waiting for me.
Bottom time to date 70:30
Dalela
Great dive, 10 divers, Sergio Jr is the dive master and we are on the Nuria. The Nuria is a leased boat. They are so busy the have three boats running now.
Saw a large grouper, big eel tail, and lots of other fish.
They sent me up at 725 psi and I hated to go. 700 is the normal start up time.
Dove with me new computer for the first time. Sergio showed me how to use it.
I left the old gauges on because I needed the security of knowing I knew how to read it.
My new weight belt worked great. I hardly felt the 22 lbs of lead around my waist.
My mask leaked a little and fogged up some. If it continues I'll tooth paste it again.
Bottom time to date 68:34
Dive #74, 68 ft, 53 min
Cedral
This was an end of reef dive and it was great. So many fish and colorful sponges. I saw a rock beauty angel fish (black and yellow), and the biggest parrot fish I've see, except maybe on Ohau. Great dive.
Bottom time to date 69:27
Dive #75 49 ft, 63 min
Night dive, Chunkaab Reef
Alfonso, Diego, Diego's brother, and a cute young couple. His name was Mike and he helped me get up on the platform at the end of the dive. I was ok when we started, but we kept circling around long enough for me to get anxious. As soon as I got in the water, I was fine. My new light was awesome. Connie out did herself when she bought me my birthday presents. We saw a squid, sting ray, big crabs, lobster, splended toad fish, round rays, slipper lobster, and some strange stripped snake looking thing. A first happened tonight and it will probably never happen again. When I got on the boat Connie was there waiting for me.
Bottom time to date 70:30
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Cozumel 2008
Spring break 2008. My birthday 3-16 and I am on an airplane headed for Cozumel, Mexico to dive all week. What a great plan. We (Connie and I) took Mexicana to Cancun, where we met David. We all got in a taxi and headed to the ferry. Arrived in Cozumel and walked our luggage to the Hotel Flamingo. We are on the third floor again and in a small room. They redid the rooms and the balcony rooms only have one bed now. We will make do.
Science Camp
On February 22 I headed out with 6 parents and 39 students to Blue Sky Meadows Science Camp. It was a Monday through Friday gig and the kids had a ball, even though some of them got home sick. I was sick with a cold the entire week, but I had to stay in the infirmary anyway and being sick mad it easy to stay in. I hope we will be able to do it next year. It depends on the grants available. It was a good week.
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Rose Bowl Floats
After the New Year's Eve square dance, Connie
Jeff and I headed to Pasadena to
check out the
floats. We walked around the floats for two hours and were amazed by the beauty and creativity of the whole process. Got home about five, set the parade to be taped and got up around noon and watched it. Having seen the floats the night before makes watching the parade a lot more fun.
Happy New Year
Las Vegas Quick Trip
On Dec 26th Sharon, Charles and I (along with about a million other people) headed to Vegas. It was an overnight trip to meet and bring Sharon's cousin back to CA. She and her husband came out from the DC area to vacation in the area. We stayed at the Luxor and it was ok. I was surprised that Vegas didn't dress up for Christmas. Only one Casino. the Ballagio, had decorations. The decorations were worth the effort though. Very nice. I won $243 while we were waiting in line for dinner. I put 2 quarters in a machine, and on the second time I won. Our name was called, I cashed out and never got a chance to put anything back, so I came home a winner.
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