Two more dives

Dives 68 and 69 in the logbook, and two sites that I haven't done before.  The first was a drift dive from Dixies Place, that ended up by Divemasters Choice, the second was at a site called Three Brothers.  Both were really good dives.  The wall at the first site was very steep, with lots of critters and interesting coral.  The second dive started along the wall but then finished in some big sandy canyons.  As we were tying up at the buoy on the first dive, the little yellow submarine came chugging up, a guy stuck his head out the top and asked if we wanted to go down together.  We said sure, jumped in the water, and started our decent alongside the sub.  The contraption is home built, and will take tourists for a sizeable fee down to 2,000 feet or so.  The well heeled cruise shipper that was on board wanted to see what divers looked like.....

Karls submarine decending.  I later noticed that black line across my photos, thinking I had a strap or something floating in front of the lens.  Turned out to be an air bubble between the camera and the wide angle lens that attachs on the outside. 

Blackbar Soldierfish; acts a lot like the more common Squirrelfish.

Juvenille Drumfish

Adam took his spear on the second dive and caught a couple of lionfish.  He dropped one of them close to a nice Grouper, and I got a good video of the Grouper eating the lionfish in one big gulp.  Saw another Queen Triiggerfish and a Black Spotted Moray.  Six or seven turtles, and again some good video.
Eileen came to Luna Beach again, hung out on their chairs for the first dive, then walked up to West Bay while I was on the second.  Watched a guy pull in a barracuda while fishing from shore right next to Luna Beach.  He proudly headed for home with his dinner.  We walked into West End for lunch at Earth Mommas, which is a place that does Yoga type stuff in the mornings and serves up smoothies and such, although they do have a small lunch menu.  Had some summer rolls, a burger with grilled pineapple, and a taco salad.  Huge improvement over yesterdays lunch.  Our server was the bartender from last years sunset booze cruise.  Captain Perry has shut down his bar, but today we saw a poster which was advertising an all night open house party on his boat, just bring your own booze and ice......I don't think so......
Got back to the house about three, lazed about for a bit, and then walked down to smugglers for a sunset drink.  Eileen reports that their Monkey Lalas aren't near the top of the ratings list.  Cindy and Richard did have a good day off yesterday, got three dives in, and were exhausted, more likely burnt out.  They're planning to make day off a monthly event.  Doesn't that just make you want to start up a small business somewhere.

Sunset over the ironshore near Smugglers.  The legendary green flash is real.  We've both seen it this year.

No plans for tomorrow, although we should find someplace different to get in some good snorkelling.  There are a few possibilities that we'll have to look into tomorrow.