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Thanks, Kari! It's certainly not something that I thought would ever happen to ME and I'm not quite sure what I would have done if my scuba days were done, but I am beyond thrilled that it didn't end up being a limitation. I even took up running at age 46 and ran my 1st race ever: a half...

I was diagnosed with a brain tumor in April 2012. At that time, one of my concerns was "would I ever be able to return to diving". I remember coming to ScubaBoard to see if there were any posts, but really couldn't find any (I see that there are a few now, but I thought that I would add mine...

Cafe press has a whole bunch of scuba themed items, Christmas cards included. Enjoy! Scuba Greeting Card | Funny & Cute Scuba Greeting Cards - CafePress

Awesome pictures, Bob!

2010 accomplishments Logged more dives than in 2009 AOW training for me and my kids Dove the St Clair River by the Blue Water Bridge 17 times (ave current 4-6 knots) Kids are comfortable diving the River Continued to get better with my camera 2011...

Hi Everyone! We are going to Cozumel in February. We are a family of 5 and diving with a smaller op, so we will basically have our own boat and get to pick our own spots to dive. I have several books on Cozumel Reefs, but they all sound so great I want to dive them all!!! Since that isn't...

The single most important thing that I have learned (so far) is that I really won't die if water gets on my face (the good old mask removal skill). Being a dedicated nose breather this concept TERRIFIED me and I "quit" probably 27 times during my pool training. If I had not found the courage and...

I guess I live the "dream" you are speaking of. My husband and I got certified together in 1993. When our kids were 10, 11 and 12, we got them all OW certified. This summer we did AOW as a family. An observation that I have noticed about some dive couples is that many times the man will not...

I know this is an old post, but I wanted to say thanks to boulderjohn for starting it and to all that contributed to it. Some of the posts were so funny I had tears rolling down my face from laughing so hard. I was really nervous last month trying on a new wetsuit, hoping not to have an incident...

I had a similar dilema this weekend. I am diving in the St Clair River by the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, Michigan. I am now comfortable enough in this setting to take my camera down with me. Lots of challenges here...there is a boardwalk along the river with a 4 feet rail that you have to...

Rescue Diver is next on our list, probably in the fall. Doing anything times five takes a while to build up the funding :D. I think that that one will be me and my husband...maybe my 15 year old son. I need to get the book and start reading through it to see if it's something that my 14 year...

Not anything that I would want to try, but still pretty amazing regardless of the number of shots needed to complete the film. I always tell my kids the world would be such a boring place if we all liked the same things so kudos to these adventurers and I will continue to feel privileged and...

I just wanted to post an update. We decided to do our AOW as a family. We sent the completed paperwork to PADI yesterday, having completed our dives on Thursday. We found a great instructor who was willing to take us into the St Clair River for 4/6 of our dives (For those not from this area...

I guess a lot of this is going to boil down to getting some of the "extras"...I had not thought about the computer/marketing aspect. So the language part would be different say if they wanted to do the Maldives vs Bonaire? The cruise ship was one I had not thought of either. We had looked at...

Wow, a LOT of helpful answers...Thank you everybody for your opinions. I'm glad we still have a few more years to sort all of this out, but I would still love to give my kids this opportunity (but more importantly, THEY are looking forward to it)

Thank you everybody for the advice so far :D We had also thought about the whole 2nd language issue, too. French or German came to mind as good ones to know. Any others or might one be "in demand" more than the other?

I haven't seen this when I've searched for it and am "locked out" of the going pro section so here goes. My 3 kids (15, 14, 12) are all OW and will be getting AOW and then Rescue this year. I would love for them to have a year (or 2) off between high school and college to go off and explore the...

No ink, dive related or otherwise...I can't imagine loving an image so much I want to look at it EVERY single day of my life. BUT....I do have a plan for one. When I turn 80. That way gravity will have run its course and it will always look PRISTINE! And at best you've only gotta look at it for...

I LOVED this post!! It is so true. I used think I was fairly decent, then took 15 years off to raise my kids. They are now all teens and certified divers. At first, they were all impressed with mom's diving skills. But now I just sit back in awe at how EASY they make it look. And then I wonder...

Thanks everybody for your input! It gave me and my husband a lot to think about last night. We like the idea of the family time for the AOW but since it's 23 outside right now and I am a wuss, we need to figure out if waiting until May/June or going someplace warm for the kids school breaks for...