The end must be approaching, as today I'm doing the last two dives for this year. It was a bit of a challenge, as all of us (11 divers) and gear were loaded into a non-dive boat and out we went. We basically got geared up one at a time and over the side we went. On the first dive I was towards the last one out so it wasn't too bad for me. On the second dive I was almost the first, so quarters were a bit cramped. I was getting ready to roll off, trying to predict a clear path for my flippers as I did a back roll without hitting Stacey on the nose, and ended up whacking the back of my leg on the edge of the boat somehow. That's gonna bruise.
Didn't really enjoy the first dive, there was a lot of current and the dive master was keeping a pretty quick pace. I was getting tired trying to keep up at times when we were going into the current, the strong swimmer that I am. As we neared the end of the dive I was under weighted again, so he had to strap a few more pounds on me. Almost didn't go out on the second dive, but i did come here to do some diving and I'm glad I went. Kept the extra weights on for the second dive, Stacey was shocked to see me strapping on 20 pounds considering one of the other guys that is quite heavy was carrying less than me. Like to know where I have all my bouyancy packed on....is a beer belly a floatation device?
Second dive was so much better, still a bit of current but not so much that I was spending energy and air. The highlight was a vertical chimney that had about a six foot opening, then it dropped straight down about 40 feet, opening up a bit towards the bottom. They told us to go in one at a time with no more than three at once. The yahoo brothers went in ahead of me, so I waited until they had cleared before I went in. Really neat, you position over the chimney, feet first, and just drop straight down for about fourty feet. Would be a challenge for anyone with ear problems, but this year it has been a breeze for me. Here's a picture of one of the yahoo brothers coming out of the chimney, all the bubbles are from others still down.
You might be tired of scorpionfish pictures, but this guy was a master of disguise. So much of the mossy covering of the rock is reddish and this guy really blended in.
While I was diving the girls got Mark to pull out a couple of kayaks for them. He warned them that Torpedo (the dog) loves to kayak. The girls took off and the dog jumped in and starting swimming beside them. They said that she swam a long ways and finally crawled into Carols kayak. They could not believe how long she swam. Mark said she spent the afternoon sleeping. He spent the rest of the trip on the bow watching for critters, etc.
We went up to the main house this afternoon for some jam tasting, one of the products of the farm here. Quite an assortment, all locally grown, and made here. We bought a couple of jars and so did Carol. Toast for breakfast tomorrow....While we were there I noticed several moths on the side of the house, one of which was about the coolest moth I have ever seen. A dry leaf with a head....what is ever going to eat this thing?
Supper at the Crows Nest (on site reataurant). One other group there which were expat locals from Regina. They have a place here and spend six months each year.....must be nice.
Tomorrow I expect we'll do some snorkelling and then we plan to go up to Sirenas for lunch. We were there years ago and apart from the sand fleas it was a neat place. We'll see how much it has changed.
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