Monday, June 16, 2008

growing gills

over the past few months we (family and i) have been going through s.c.u.b.a. certification, and last saturday was the final dive day, so we are officially dive and fish and underwater excitement ready. we were thinking about going to hawaii this summer so we started getting certified, but then it didn't happen, so now we are just all dressed up but nowhere to go. but if you think about it, it's kind of like getting a passport, you really have to get it before you have plans, because once you buy that plane ticket, it's hard to fit in all those scuba lessons to your schedule and the post office takes forever to send the passport so they charge you an extra $100 even though it only takes a few days to make anyway.

the shop, the homestead crater where we dived
it was actually really just fun to have an excuse to hang out with the fam once a week, and it was soo easy, easier than snorkling, and fun, even though there have been no fish yet, mostly just bandaids and toy alligators. trip time...

2 comments:

Aubrey said...

Jack - that's cool that you got certified. Stuart and I got certified when we were engaged and went to the crater too! If you can't go to Hawaii or the Caribbean - I know a lot of people dive in Catalina, CA. A little further away, but not too bad.

Tia said...

Haha, I love the bandaids comment. I took a free intro scuba class in the pool at the gym, and I found I'm awful at it. I panicked, breathed like I was hyperventilating, and felt afraid that my mask was going to fill up. It was awful. I'm jealous of people that love it and are good at it.