Had a wonderful time, 4 days in the Keys! We did 6 dives including an invite to dive Aquarius, NOAA's version of NASA's International Space Station. The lab is big, about the size of a large bus. She sits in 65 ft of water off Key Largo. It was a bit eerie, we dove it early evening yesterday just before it got dark. The lab is covered with all sorts of fish including 2 huge Jewfish (Goliath grouper). It appears to be a male and his mate. My wife approached the female Jewfish and began petting her, then they parted with a quick kiss...I hope the pics turned out. The male just kept his distance. I really hope to have some impressive shots for everyone. Diving with Cheryl and I, were our close friend Mary and her 11 year old daughter Sarah. Sarah was absolutey stoked with experience! I certified Sarah last year...now she wants to be advanced certified. We dove the Aquarius with Dual Porpoise and the rest of the dives with Ocean Divers. Just a fantasic weekend. Other dives, certified one new diver and introduced wife and friend to Reef's fish survey tecniques ... They really got into fish surveying...Talked about surveying the entire 4 hour ride home
Earliar this weekend, the NOAA people gave us a VIP tour of their gound station...It also was impressive and they were so accomodating
Joe
Earliar this weekend, the NOAA people gave us a VIP tour of their gound station...It also was impressive and they were so accomodating
Joe
