The things you can't do in Colorado...

WOW! I have had the best last couple days!

It all started on Friday morning. Cindy, one of the ladies I work with in the office occasionally, and myself made a plan to dive Friday morning. We wanted to dive because we knew that the 8:30 boat was going to the Spiegel Grove and we have both been dying to do it!

It was incredible! I am so fascinated with wrecks these days... And to top it off, yesterday I dove the Vandenburg! It was an adventure.... we rented a tiny boat in Key West for the afternoon and and made our way out into the open ocean. The diving was awesome. We saw 3 goliath groupers hanging out in the current... about the size of my jeep! Schools of barracuda and swarms of jellyfish floating by! What's really neat about these wrecks is that they both have a huge American flag on the superstructure of the ship.... it's blowing in the current as if it's blowing in the wind! Beautiful to see.

Next time i'll have my underwater camera.

And we saw DOLPHINS.....

Hello from Key Largo!

This has been my schedule....

Mon-10am-10pm office; no time to come to starbucks and check email

Tue-7-1:30pm office 3-6:30pool work for a refresher class

Wed-am guide yay! 6-10 office

Thurs- 7:30-1 office.... FUN DIVES!

And so here I am with a free moment to check my email, hopefully watch some shark week online and write in my blog! So this afternoon I finally got a chance to dive for fun. We went out to French reef and I had 2 great dives. On the first dive I saw a hugh nurse shark... I don't know what it is about sharks but i still get soooo excited to see them. I start breathing hard and have wide eyes :) Tons of lobster; which I'm so happy to know that there are some survivors after mini lobster season! Second dive was to the wreck of the Benwood. I watched a free swimming green moray for the last 20 minutes of my dive. Very enjoyable!

I'm finally getting my feet wet with teaching. I've been teaching some refresher courses and some Discover Scuba courses. I'm jumping at any opportunity I have to audit or teach! That is why I'm here after all! I think that once I get my dog and things here in my house; it will be easy to call this place home. I'm becoming an expert at playing pool! I've met a nice guy from Denver who shoots pool with me all the time. Small world!

I'm anxious for August 28th to get here. I leave Key Largo for Mexico for a week! I can't wait to see my mom and dad and just relax on a real beach and do some diving!