jhayes75
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The wife and I got up at 3 am and were out the door at 4 am headed to the airport. We arrived in Houston right on time and headed over for our 10 min journey to our connecting flight. We were offered 400.00 to take the 12:00 noon flight instead of our 8:50 flight to Cozumel. Although tempting, I opted out. We paid for this later. The rest of our journey had a few set backs. First we sat on the plane while they searched for someones bag for removal who decided not to get on the plane. Finally after an hour we were on our way. Well we thought we were on our way. While taxiing to the runway our steering system locked up and when the captain stated that maintenance had to retrieve a manual , I knew were going to be here a while. After two more hours we finally were in the air. We arrived at 12:57 pm and it took about 30 min to get through customs. I was awarded the green light and quickly bypassed the timeshare winches. Some were not so lucky. My first stop that afternoon after unpacking was straight to the bar. I decided that I was too exhausted and opted out of shore diving today. To top things off our A/C was broken and made for a miserable nights sleep. I could of went and asked to be moved to another room, but I was too lazy and just dealt with it. We also like this room for it has a good view and spacey.
6/5/2010
Was already up from the day before, gathered my gear and headed down for breakfast. My wifes only chore today was to get our A/C fixed. The Anna Maria III was right on time 7:20 am and we were on our way. We were short one from our group due to Delta loosing my buddies dive gear. He did wind up getting it back later this evening. Our first dive was on Palancar Bricks. The dive lasted 52 min to a max depth of 78fsw and 82*. Our second dive was on the Yocab. The dive lasted 58 min to a max depth of 55fsw and 82*. I ended both dives with 600 PSI with a starting pressure of 2800. We captured 2 lionfish today on one dive. You really cant ignore this threat. These things spawn every 3 days and lay thousands of eggs. Their only predator is us. Our DM has captured over 300 already. I have video of the capture and will post later in this thread.
Today was a great day of diving and it was good to here that our A/C had been fixed upon our return to shore. After taking my wife around for some sightseeing and shopping we went to the bakery and purchased a bag full of a variety of pastries. The next thing I did was take her snorkeling around our hotel. My wife fears water and my goal this trip is to get rid her of it. I worked with her near the shore until she felt confident that she could float without a wetsuit and before she knew it, we were a 100 yards offshore. She was distracted by the beauty beneath the sea. One more day on this site for practice and then I will take her to other sites. We finished off the night with beer, cocktails and a delicious meal. I think we both passed out the moment our heads hit the pillow.
6/5/2010
Was already up from the day before, gathered my gear and headed down for breakfast. My wifes only chore today was to get our A/C fixed. The Anna Maria III was right on time 7:20 am and we were on our way. We were short one from our group due to Delta loosing my buddies dive gear. He did wind up getting it back later this evening. Our first dive was on Palancar Bricks. The dive lasted 52 min to a max depth of 78fsw and 82*. Our second dive was on the Yocab. The dive lasted 58 min to a max depth of 55fsw and 82*. I ended both dives with 600 PSI with a starting pressure of 2800. We captured 2 lionfish today on one dive. You really cant ignore this threat. These things spawn every 3 days and lay thousands of eggs. Their only predator is us. Our DM has captured over 300 already. I have video of the capture and will post later in this thread.
Today was a great day of diving and it was good to here that our A/C had been fixed upon our return to shore. After taking my wife around for some sightseeing and shopping we went to the bakery and purchased a bag full of a variety of pastries. The next thing I did was take her snorkeling around our hotel. My wife fears water and my goal this trip is to get rid her of it. I worked with her near the shore until she felt confident that she could float without a wetsuit and before she knew it, we were a 100 yards offshore. She was distracted by the beauty beneath the sea. One more day on this site for practice and then I will take her to other sites. We finished off the night with beer, cocktails and a delicious meal. I think we both passed out the moment our heads hit the pillow.
