CAPTAIN SINBAD
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So what dive goals did you accomplish/failed to accomplish this year and what are you planning to do next year? Any particular gear purchases? Any new destinations in radar or plan to visit old ones? Specialties?
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I had three trips to first-time-for-me destinations ...
- Mexico caves in April
- Great Lakes (Superior, Michigan and Huron) in July
- Raja Ampat in October ... with a return to Lembeh Straits the week prior
More locally, I went diving in the abandoned Titan missile silos about 150 miles from my home ... it was one of those bucket-list things I've wanted to do for some years.
I built a small rock reef at one of our local dive sites ... which I'm happy to report has been nicely tenanted over the past few months.
I also had another record year teaching ... second in a row ... which is a lot of fun, but I'm looking forward to taking a couple months off from teaching to help renew my enthusiasm for it.
Next year's aspirations ...
- Return to MX, which happens on January 3rd
- Teach less, enjoy it more
- Renew some relationships with people I enjoy but haven't spent much time with over the past couple years
- Add some more structure to my reef
- Find one place in the world to go to that I haven't been to yet ... preferably someplace with mantas and/or whale sharks
... Bob (Grateful Diver)