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Hello All,
My name is John. I live in Orange County, CA, USA.
I've been lurking around here for a couple of weeks and finally decided to come out of the shadows.
My fiancee and I are fairly new to diving. We decided it was something we wanted to do (more on that later) and just went for it. We completed PADI OW and have completed 3 of 5 dives for AOW. The other two dives will be this Saturday, where we'll also be using Nitrox for the first time. Like I said, we're just going for it.
Briefly here's our story. I'm a 41 yr old divorcee and met a fantastic woman in Feb '06. Not expecting this, and definately not looking at the time. I realized what a great catch I had and popped the question in April. She said YES !!!
We decided that we'll get married later in the year, and honeymoon in Australia because neither of us have been there. Then we start talking about the GBR and about diving, and it got us thinking about it. We finally hooked up with a great travel agent who eventually books us on a 4 day live-aboard, the Spirit of Freedom. In the mean time, we contacted a dive shop and started looking into diving certifications. We decided to do as much as we can before our trip. We want to be as experienced and as comfortable as we can before getting on the dive boat. (We're also booked on a day boat out to Catalina Island to get some more free time experience.)
So far in the few dives we've taken, we're absolutely hooked. And now we've bought most of our own equipment, except for tank and regs. We've met some great people here in CA, and our instructors have been both fun and educational for us.
Oh ya, we made one more big decision. We're going to be married standing on a beach in Australia. Can't beat that! This is going to be the wedding/vacation/honeymoon of a lifetime!
12/25/06 Get on airplane.
12/27/06 Arrive Cairns. Staying at Thala Beach Lodge
12/29/06 Wedding on beach at Thala. (just the two of us....perfect)
1/2/07 White Water Rafting on Tully River
1/4/07 Spirit of Freedom for 4 days. Launching from Lizard Island.
1/9/07 Sydney for 3 nights
1/12/07 Aukland, NZ for 3 nights. Black Water trip in Waitomo Caves.
1/15/07 Fly home.
Be safe. Thanks for all the great info I've been getting from this board.
John
My name is John. I live in Orange County, CA, USA.
I've been lurking around here for a couple of weeks and finally decided to come out of the shadows.
My fiancee and I are fairly new to diving. We decided it was something we wanted to do (more on that later) and just went for it. We completed PADI OW and have completed 3 of 5 dives for AOW. The other two dives will be this Saturday, where we'll also be using Nitrox for the first time. Like I said, we're just going for it.
Briefly here's our story. I'm a 41 yr old divorcee and met a fantastic woman in Feb '06. Not expecting this, and definately not looking at the time. I realized what a great catch I had and popped the question in April. She said YES !!!
We decided that we'll get married later in the year, and honeymoon in Australia because neither of us have been there. Then we start talking about the GBR and about diving, and it got us thinking about it. We finally hooked up with a great travel agent who eventually books us on a 4 day live-aboard, the Spirit of Freedom. In the mean time, we contacted a dive shop and started looking into diving certifications. We decided to do as much as we can before our trip. We want to be as experienced and as comfortable as we can before getting on the dive boat. (We're also booked on a day boat out to Catalina Island to get some more free time experience.)
So far in the few dives we've taken, we're absolutely hooked. And now we've bought most of our own equipment, except for tank and regs. We've met some great people here in CA, and our instructors have been both fun and educational for us.
Oh ya, we made one more big decision. We're going to be married standing on a beach in Australia. Can't beat that! This is going to be the wedding/vacation/honeymoon of a lifetime!
12/25/06 Get on airplane.
12/27/06 Arrive Cairns. Staying at Thala Beach Lodge
12/29/06 Wedding on beach at Thala. (just the two of us....perfect)
1/2/07 White Water Rafting on Tully River
1/4/07 Spirit of Freedom for 4 days. Launching from Lizard Island.
1/9/07 Sydney for 3 nights
1/12/07 Aukland, NZ for 3 nights. Black Water trip in Waitomo Caves.
1/15/07 Fly home.
Be safe. Thanks for all the great info I've been getting from this board.
John
