Author: Bill

Hello all,

Jeeez what a couple of days…….. whomever talked about retirement being calm, relaxed and soul soothing….. well, in my opinion ‘ain’t doin’ it right’. Way I see it it – retirement is the time to do all of the things you would have liked to do during your ‘normal life’. Pretty much coming and doing as you please, eating and drinking when you want . Going to ‘gatherings, when you want…. sleep in when you want…… the key phrase in all of this…. is when you want. I can’t tell you the number of times (working a swing shift) I wanted to drink a beer when I got home at 09:00 in the morning. With some growing up and advice from a trusted friend [Thankx Ernie] I learned it was okay….. and not really give a damn what everybody else thought. I am still working on getting my mind properly staged for this life style……… I’m getting better at it day by day though……. last couple of days, it’s been a ‘shoot from the hip’ kinda of days….. and I love it. One day – running ALL THE WAY to the other end of the island (a little over an hour drive) to join some friends for steak and lobster…. some shrimp and a couple of other goodies… all mixed with the perfect amount of alcohol and lots of friends. As it turned out…. MOST of them were folks I dive with, which made the conversation [for me] great…… not so much for my Queen – but she was a good sport and jumped into every conversation wherever she got a shot (whether she knew what she was talking about or not)  😉

The following night – I committed to going on a shop promoted night dive. Night dives are not new to me – but as a general rule…. I “hate ’em”….. way to complicated to explain right now, but I hate ’em and I just quit making them. Being gainfully employed by a dive shop now, who I believe would benefit from some decent night dive shots – I committed to going.  Couple of problems here……. It had been a year or better since I made a night dive, and I have never made a night dive carrying around a professional camera rig. Several things to understand about a night dive…… first off– you can’t see shi….squat. Whatever your flashlight lights up is it~! You could have a 40′ shark….. a GIGANTIC Kraken just outside the beam of your light…. and you would never know it….. I have earned an entire new respect for picture takers that do night shots on a regular basis…… One…. during daylight hours….. your buoyancy needs to be top notch….. at night…. it needs to be 5x’s that good….. OMG….. then the things that pop up out of no where………. I came > < that close to laying my hand on a lionfish (venomous) because I didn’t see him……. If I drop another 1000 words…. I’m never going to be able to adequately describe that sensation…… pitch black – with some of the most amazing colors you ever laid your eyes on……..!! SO many other things to talk about taking pictures at night – but already over my limit….. so I’ll put up some pictures I hope you haven’t seen yet….. I’m diving the next 6 days…. so will have plenty of new underwater pictures for you……..

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I figured I’d better jump on here and write a little bit before Miss Vera flies out here to the islands and tans my hide……  🙂  Been busy, busy, busy here this past month. With the island kids out exploring the vast wilds of Alaska and my bride running their ATV office for them while they’re out in the Yukon and me diving my brains out while she is doing that…. sprinkle in some yard mowing, going out for a bite to eat every once in a great while….. the day catches up [and passes] me sometimes…. and just to pooped to sit here and type sometimes…… so, feeling showered, rested and not too hungry (right now)….. figured I’d better try and catch you up a little bit.

Our damn neighbors are now about as far away from us as they can get…. out in the boondocks of  OR-A-GONE….. out in big foot territory…… last I checked in they said they were “enjoying” the cool weather….. we’ll see how long that lasts……   😉 Half of the island kids are back on island now [the ugly one]….. Cynthia is still  hanging out in the states for a wee bit extra before coming back to the island. My Queen [I guess] will continue to fill in for her at the ATV office until she comes back………. As you should know if you watch any of my FB stuff…… I have been diving like it was my job…… oh wait a minute….. it IS my job…… and I’m LOVING every second of it….. I really struggle to call it a job because I enjoy it that much…. especially since me and my gear are evolving to take better and better pictures. I’m deleting pictures now – I would have “killed for” a mere 3 months ago…. (and danged happy about it)   😉 I have 2 more days of diving left this week….. yes I know… that will be 7 days in a row, but that’s just how it works out sometimes…. Sunday is “special”……. I am doing a night dive…….. I have done multiple night dives and pretty much hated every one of them. This will be my first ‘working’ night dive and I have to admit – I’m kinda amped about trying my hand at under water photography…. at night~!  I know it will give me that nice black back ground that I like….. but it adds just an entire BUTT load of other things to factor in when taking a picture. I have all the right equipment I need for it…… now I just need to apply myself…….. This ought to be interesting…………………………

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Today, other than doing dishes for the breakfast my Queen made us – I have did as absolutely close to nothing as a person can do. Having gotten the yard mowed yesterday – I had a full blown day off in front of me and I was diggin‘ it~! A wonderful breakfast, news and FB all caught up……. I had chatted earlier with one of the instructors at the shop and he said he was doing a “TRY DIVING” day at a couple of local hotels tomorrow, (our shop actually offers a chance to put on SCUBA gear and give it a try in the swimming pool, free of charge, to see if you would be interested in trying it in the Sea). I had mentioned to him previous, I thought it might be fun (and good promotion for our shop) if I spent the day with him and got pictures of people “TRYING DIVING” for the first time. Clear water pools make for some great underwater pictures~! He pinged me earlier this morning and said ‘the boss’ was all for it – so I am going to spend the day with him tomorrow, at two different hotel pools, snapping off pictures of people who are trying SCUBA diving for the first time. It will be an entirely different level of photography – and I am excited to try it~! The rest of the week will be conventional photo taking underwater – so I am a little bit excited about tomorrow~!

Aside from that…. I have all necessary batteries for 3 camera’s charging for tomorrow…. I settled in for some movies. Actually managed a couple of decent ones….. first one was 6 degrees below zero…….. second was 118 Days at Sea. Third was more of a documentary called Crash of the Century. Now currently listening to ‘Abducted‘ while I type this. My Bride seems a HELLVA lot more interested in it than I am…… but maybe I’m just distracted….. First 2 were better than I expected….. third one was ‘Meh‘……. one playing right now so far sounds pretty stupid…….. That pretty much wraps up my day here in paradise……… winds are laying down as we move into our hot time of the year. It rarely ever gets over 90 degrees here, but without our trade winds… OMG it gets toasty……… sure does make it feel good when you bail into that beautiful blue water though~~~   😉   So- as you all start to move into the ‘cool spells’…… I’ll enjoy the heat……… and taking pictures underwater~~!!

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Pressuring my bladder and my stomach to STF up really early this morning….. I managed to stay in bed, cuddled up against my Queen until almost 07:00 when I couldn’t take it anymore and bailed. Bathroom stuff out of the way – my Bride came stumbling out just about the time I settled in to check in on the news. I started the coffee and we settled in for an hour or so of news, FB and everything going on back in our little part of the states. Somewhere in that mix, my Queen got up and started breakfast and just post haste – we had a dandy little breakfast. That finished….. I headed out to mow the yard…… yes, with moisture, our yard needs mowed about every 4 days……… so I launched into that campaign while my Bride did the breakfast dishes……. during my mowing – Angie moved over to “direct” people coming in to clean out the ‘GO-zillion‘ plants our neighbor Bucky had growing around his place. Our landlord won’t let us plant anything – so everything was in buckets and planters — and my bride was/is over there for every individual that shows up, acting like the Plant Nazi – directing folks what they can take and what they can’t. I think it’s funnier than hell (as long as I’m not involved) and she apparently has a ball doing it…. so I stay the hel heck out of it.

Yard mowed…… My Queen back in the house – I fired up a big ole bag of imitation butter flavored movie popcorn and settled in on the couch to spectate some movies while my Queen continued to direct plant harvesters……… she finally joined me and we watched ‘Pay the Ghost‘ with Nicky Cage (you all probably know him as Nicholas)…… kind of struck me as a “B” movie — but kind of entertaining……. We moved on into one I wanted to see: The U.S.S. Indianapolis. I know the story of it well and wanted to see it. Mostly well done — (another Nicky Cage movie) using a little bit of original footage….. it struck a chord with me….. a military thing………….. and don’t want to go into those details……. In my wildest imagination – I cannot imagine enduring what those guys went through….. I strongly recommend watching that one if you haven’t seen it yet……. It should really help you appreciate what our military goes through – fighting for their country~!

We are now back at the table…… me doing this and my Queen doing whatever the heck it is she does on her iPad………. Temp is finally cooling off. It rarely gets over 90 degrees here. I used to be able to use a key board short cut for the ‘degrees’ symbol, but now it don’t do it…….. what the hel…..heck? Anyhow, cooling down — ready for a cold water shower and be ‘not sticky’ for a little bit. Summertime here…… no breeze and stuffy~! I just loaded this weeks work schedule….. and believe it or not – I am actually entertaining doing a night dive. I have not shot any night pictures with this new camera set up and there is TONS of potential for pictures from a night dive…….. what to do, what to do…….

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Another early start to my day that went much better as my morning routine went off without a hitch. Bathroom stuff [mostly] done – caught up on the [sick and terrifying] world news…… Camera stuff all put together, batteries bump charged, and everything hauled out to the truck. A hearty tasty breakfast (couple of eggs, a chunk of turkey kielbasa type sausage [I’m getting where I actually kind of like that stuff], a biscuit with butter and honey and a glass of milk…… just the fuel needed for a morning of diving. My Queen came stumbling out and we got to have a coff of cuppee before it was time for me to grab my beer cooler and head out the door. I was really looking forward to today….. boat was supposed to be all experienced local divers – so no one should need to be tended to or baby sat……. turns out there were a couple that needed an eye kept on them, but nothing terrible. A friend had promise to take me to a point on the first dive that I have been wanting to see. Not a lot of people get to see it – so I was really looking forward to seeing it. It was just an itsy-bitsy-teeny-weenie-tiny bit deeper than “recreational limits” and just an itsy-bitsy-teeny-weenie-tiny bit deeper than my camera housing was rated for….. so I opted to leave my big camera on the boat. I did drag my little ole Go Pro along…… I figured if it sprang a leak – no major loss…… We left the rest of the dive group and lit off for ‘our dive’ [a total of 4 of us went]……… Let me tell you what………. I have had some great dives….. but this one was rapidly becoming a favorite…… we went through a thermocline (a steep temperature gradient in a body of water such as a lake, marked by a layer above and below which the water is at different temperatures)  and BOY-HOWDY was it a different temperature….. WOOO-WEEE…… you could have cut glass with my nipples…. probably not appropriate… but very accurate….. Charlotte or Evie – if you’re reading this – I apologize….. and the water was soooo clear….. amazing….. if there would have been more light….. you could have seen forever…. WOW-!!!!!  Without some real special equipment – you can’t stay very long at that depth that was just an itsy-bitsy-teeny-weenie-tiny bit deeper than “recreational limits” so we turned and headed back up to join the rest of the dive group. Didn’t get a lot of pictures as my little ole GoPro just can’t hold a candle to my other camera. Did our surface interval before doing our second, much tamer, albeit almost equally gorgeous dive. I tried to make up for lack of pictures from the first dive on this one… but don’t think I got as many as I wanted. Got back home and just got my gear rinsed when I was summoned into the ATV yard. I had to help retrieve a broken down ATV — another hour went by and that was done. Finally back at the house with my Bride, a drink and editing pictures. A buddy dropped by with a nice bottle of Vodka and some Cranberry juice as a show of appreciation for my help on the boat the past day or so……. we chatted a little bit and he was gone. A quick bite to eat (some pretty nasty) Bean with Bacon soup and grilled cheese…. and here we are. We both have the next 2 days off….. and nothing special planned…… so we’ll see what happens.

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Hello MyChalice Fans….. well I made me a couple of dives yesterday morning and kinda forgot about the Wine Pairing tour I was supposed to shoot later that afternoon. I came back – cleaned up and got all my pictures done, just in time to grab my [freshly charged] camera and head back out the door. I’m not a huge fan of shooting these things – but the boss wanted me there – so there I be……. A little more of a fun crowd than the last couple I have done – so it wasn’t what I was dreading…….. They have a chef prepare 4-5 different samplers and they have the wine that goes “best” with each sampling. It’s a nice evening, all folks who enjoy wine, cruising around inside a small harbor so it is a calm smooth ride and you get to watch a nice sunset. I took pictures, help unload the boat and then headed back to my end of the island. It was 9:00 before I got here and it was a long enough day, I was not in any condition or mood to sit at the computer. I did not partake of the wine (working and all) but did tap into an icy cold Budweiser about 3/4’s the way through the evening. ( A feller works up a sweat crawling all over the boat getting that perfect shot)  So that is why I did not get anything put up last night….. sorry I forgot to mention it previously…..

Up again waaaaay before I wanted to this morning to head back out on the boat. Pretty much the same group from yesterday morning….. and they were a handful. It took a lot of tending to. As the set of eyes in the back of the group — I had my work cut out for me. One couple, just got their certification and it was really obvious. My picture taking went way down as I spent most of the time helping them out and making sure they were safe. Nothing changed on this morning dives either – they required just as much if not a little more guidance on both dives. The Divemaster on this mornings boat asked if I got any pictures [jokingly]….. I normally take about 300 pictures between two dives…… this morning I had a total of 72 pictures……. and most of them were with my phone for the exits off of the boat. Oh well….. safety of our guests is paramount – and nobody is going to get hurt on ‘my watch’ if I have anything to do with it……. I mean – I won’t make Mother of the Year……… but I’ll do my best~~~  😉

Back at the house – a delicious meal of Meatloaf and corn on the cob….. belly is full and I’m ready for a shower and hopefully an early good nights sleep. Diving again tomorrow morning, but the people on the boat are all supposed to be good qualified divers – so hopefully, some fun diving for me….. and who knows…. maybe even some pictures……

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Tried to sleep in a little bit this morning enjoying a rare 3rd day in a row ‘off‘…… since I went to bed earlier than usual though and my Bride was up early for her day at Blues and was already stumbling around – I was up fairly early too. That’s okay though — I do like the morning hours… always have [usually]….. it’s dark, calm, quiet [usually] and cooler……. So I sat and read some of the most frightening stuff I’ve read in a while in the Head Line News…… Jeez this planet is in a mess. I can’t sit here all smug thinking I’m in a better/nicer place…… we are setting records with the crimes happening in the past several weeks. Again, It is mostly ‘locals’ vs ‘locals’….. what these chumps on this island might call a gang…… almost laughable when you watch them……. my favorite are the ‘dudes’ driving a $50 dollar car with a $3000 stereo system in it….. but it’s funny to watch them and I just laugh as they go by……. I do however, still want the ability to point at an automobile and completely ‘fry’ it’s electrical system….. hehehehehe………

I offered to cook my Queen a couple of eggs for breakfast, but she said no……. trying to convince me that pi$$y a$$ bowl of cereal she claims to have at work is ‘plenty’…… but, she’s older than I am and should be able to take care of herself…. I don’t think so – but I guess I will have to wait until she collapses, then I can tend to her…… hard headed old fart……… She eventually gathered up her stuff and was gone. I made me a righteous breakfast… 3 eggs, a chunk of turkey sausage, a biscuit with butter and honey, a small OJ and a small glass of milk. That’s a breakfast to power you through the day~!!! I munched a little bitty bit to stave off little hunger pangs [usually pushed out with a cigarette – DAMMIT Emmit~!] Next door neighbor came over to borrow my truck for a bit – and I spent the day piddling…… but I tell you what…. (That’s a full sentence in the south) I got a SHI… boat load of things accomplished…. small, mind numbing little things that I didn’t want to deal with – but today was the perfect day to “Get ‘Er Done~!’ and by golly – I done it. About 3:00, finally settled back in at the table with my laptop and waited to hear from my Queen. She finally pinged and said she was headed home. She finally pulled in. I had a drink waiting on her and here we sit….. I am a bit ‘perturbed‘ with her as she came in soaked in sweat and shaking like a leaf. She is supposed to be working in an air conditioned trailer ALL day….. she finally confessed she had moved out to the trailer where the stoves are (and ridiculously hot) “but just for a little bit”……… I keep trying to tell her what that is doing to her (and me having to watch it) but at this juncture.. she apparently doesn’t care…… so what to do….. what to do…….

I resume diving tomorrow as I feel like my jaw has healed up enough now to ‘take it’. If it doesn’t – I’ll sit out the second dive. I also have a “Wine Pairing” cruise to shoot tomorrow afternoon/evening. There are some ‘technicalities‘ that may prevent me from doing it – so it’s gonna have to be a wait and see kind of thing….. maybe some more details on it tomorrow……

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Started my day ‘off’ yesterday with a small but hearty breakfast and then headed into mid island for a dentist appointment. I think I may have mentioned I lost a filling a couple of days ago and my poor ole tongue was about like hamburger from ‘fiddling’ with the now jagged gap in my tooth. Not sure why….. I guess a flash back to better times…… but I thought I would get in there….. get the filling replaced and be done with it…… aww hell no…… first – I was just flabbergasted that I got in as quick as I did (thankful for a cancellation) met “Doc” and actually kinda liked him…… have to get an x-ray first [[well of course you do….after being told they didn’t accept my insurance I was wanting to get this done as cheaply as I could]] – x-ray done…… nope, can’t refill it…. something-or-other disease, bone loss, yadda-yadda-yadda…… here are your options….. Dang Doc….. they all sound wicked expensive…… Yeah they are, but sorry… the best we can do for you. We should start by pulling that tooth though, that will give you ample time to make a decision without having to worry about the tooth creating it’s own issues. Crap…. how much is that??  About $350….. Ouch, do you offer a Senior Citizen or Military discount? Yes we do….. cool, I guess every little bit will help…..  When can you pull the tooth ? [[expecting a month or two out]] – We can do it tomorrow~! Crap… okay, put me down. SO….. done for the day (yesterday)… for a mere $147.00 (that’s including my whopping $6.00 Senior discount)……. The dive boat did not go out yesterday, so at least I didn’t miss any diving. Today I missed diving….. dammit Emmit~! Went back this morning to get the the tooth pulled….. nothing went according to plan this morning [[shocker]] but [the majority of]] the tooth was pulled. ‘Doc’ didn’t do it, which didn’t sit well with me either, a young lady who did a mediocre job at best….. but I finally left, with a small headache (from her using my forehead as a fulcrum point to pull the tooth) and a wad of gauze in my mouth…..After having both options explained… I think I’m just going to just let it go…… a minimum of $4k out of my pocket for either option….. to many other things I can do with that kind of money~! Walking out of the building I passed a hair salon with 2 workers and one customer….. perfect~! I went in and asked if they can do a military cut — polite young lady said she could probably figure it out if I helped her and would I like an appointment or have it done right now…. well right now would be just finer than frog hair… thank you very much. Once I explained I was holding a mostly blood soaked gauze in my mouth, she kept conversation to a minimum and went to work. It turned into a half hour gig (she stopped a couple of times to answer the phone – at my urging) – I wound up with a damn fine hair cut in a cool, friendly environment with decent parking (even if it is mid-island) Maybe a touch pricey at $30.00 but to me, well worth it.  So I crawled into my truck, with a swollen jaw, numb face, a small trickle of blood that was becoming thoroughly bothersome and I headed back home. I almost made it into my parking spot at the house before I ….. well, never mind….. let’s just say, I have now got the bleeding stopped, my jaw is back to normal size, the headache is gone and I have even managed a bite to eat and now having a drink [carefully] with my Queen. I have decided to sit out from diving tomorrow…… bleeding while underwater would probably not be a good thing…… you know…. with sharks and all….  and not really in the mood to push my luck this time  😉

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Slept in this morning….. and by slept in…… I was up by 06:45…. but for me – that was sleeping in. If I could have kept my bladder and belly in check – I would have went longer than that…… but the aging factor keeps creeping in…… dammit Emmit. Up, knowing I had the day off, and used the leisure to drink my Lemon water and read the news [OMG what a mess~!] and then on to the wonderous world of Face Book [OMG – what a bigger mess] but I get some outstanding laughs from it – so it is entertainment for me. If you take anything that you read on Face Book seriously…… we need to talk. My Bride made me a wonderfully delicious breakfast of bacon, sausage and milk gravy and biscuits~! Boy-Howdy did I feel special…… and I ate to my hears content…… something that I don’t much of anymore… especially when I am ‘working‘. Man that was wonderful……. Before it could all settle and “disable” me for the day – I convinced my tired old touchas to get up and get out and mow the yard….. way over due with lots of rain to nurture it…. it was looking a little wooly……… Dang, even with a tropical disturbance blowing around 20-25 mph winds… it was still hot…… makes us fat boys sweat a bunch~! I came in and hit the water and rehydrate and got cooled off – before loading up everything and heading into town……. Had to knock out the ATV yard. The plan was to mow, weed eat and then come back here and weed eat our yard……. best laid plans….. somehow…. I manage to misplace, lose, can’t find, my newly purchased spool of weed eater string, so I decided to use whatever I had on the weed eater to finish up the ATV yard. Fired up the weed eater and the first ‘bump’ to extend the line….. emptied the spool. DAMMIT Emmit~! Crap…. double crap~! So I quit where I was at. The yard look infinitely better though…….. which also means no weed eating at the house….. awwww  😉

My Bride made us drinks while I tied into my camera to find out what kind of mess I had going there……. pulled gaskets, lubed them up, reinstalled them (after breaking one) did a vacuum test on the housing (which got a big ole green light)… put everything back together….. determined I had batteries in ‘wrong’ in one of the strobes, which is why it wasn’t working…….. dammit………. So – looks like I have my camera back in operating order….. new O-rings for the camera are on order [even though they “don’t ship to the USVI”]….. if that ain’t a load of crap~!! We nuked some left over pizza….. both had our showers and ready for some of that wonderful A/C sleeping here in a bit. I lucked out and got a dentist appointment tomorrow to get the filling replaced that I lost [and give my poor old tongue a rest from probing that jagged tooth]. My Bride is going to try and get a little maintenance done on her car while I do the dentist thing….. Ought to be interesting to see which one costs the most……. but – it’s another day off~! I’m sure alcohol will be involved somewhere along the way~~~

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Up bright and early…. fell right into a pretty common routine now…… time in the ‘lou‘…. come out – get the fans turned on, open the shutters….. swap out batteries in the strobes… load old batteries into charger…… catch up on the news then switch over to FB. Bump charge the camera battery……. once it’s ready…. load into camera, check to ensure all of the lenses and covers are clear and polished. Load camera into tray, then haul it and the accessory case out to the truck…….. come back for some more FB… read comments left for me over night, update my music trivia spreadsheet…. Into kitchen for a couple of eggs and hopefully some kind of meat…… sometimes it’s a left over hot dog, sometimes a left over burger…… better yet….. some sausage available. I like Kielbasa.. but recently have been going with a turkey blend of the same type of sausage… but a smidge healthier….. hey – I’m tryin~! Inhale my breakfast wishing I had a couple of big ole warm biscuits smother with butter and dripping with honey to sop up the little bit of egg yolk left on the plate, but probably a good thing I don’t have them……. get up, put together my beer cooler (if we’re diving out of Salt River) and set it on the counter by the door. Back to FB to finish up catching up on the latest Bull stuff………. by 07:30, I’m out the door with said beer cooler in tow…….

Coming back at the end of a two-tank dive has pretty much it’s own routine too…… Bring in the now mostly lighter beer cooler……. pause at the door to drop my camera into my very own personal rinse bucket for my camera….. drop off my keys, hat, and accessory bag – then back outside to rinse my gear….. fins first, then dive booties, mask….. then over to the Octo and regulators, then to my BC and lastly my rash guard (the shirt I wear while diving)……. come in the house, get a bottle of re-hydrate and set down for a breather while I upload the pictures taken with my phone. Depending on the time….. I’ll get my camera out of the water and dig out the actual camera and start uploading pictures from it (usually around 250 – 300 pictures) while I run through the shower and knock of the days quota of salt…… That done… I settle in for 2 -3 hours of editing and up loading pictures…… quite the routine. Somewhere in there, my Bride shows up and makes us a drink and we both start winding down for the day. ……… and we’re making a couple of bucks in the process…… Her from a day in the ATV office — me from trying to get the local sharks to ‘come see me’. A pretty good retirement by our standards……. The boat is out West [my end of the island] due to anticipated nasty weather…..so I won’t need the beer cooler and don’t have to leave until 08:00……. yay~! THINK I have 3 dives tomorrow…. regular two dives in the morning and a “Junior Dive Day” in the afternoon… That will make 17 dives…. this week.  I like it~!

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