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another year has gone by another year has gone by
oceanbound - 3/22/2011 1:13 AM
Another year has gone by since beginning my journey of SCUBA in 2008. WOW! I’m into my third year of diving. I would have never thought that something I wanted to learn in order to pass some time would turn into such an addiction! For those of you who don’t know me or read my past blogs, I learned to SCUBA at the age of 45. I now have over 260 dives. Would have been more dives but the past year has been difficult for most divers with our economy, and the oil spill. But I’m grateful for each and ...
Never get too complacent
oceanbound - 6/21/2010 11:56 AM
Never get too complacent no matter how many dives you have or how experienced you think you are or even how well you and your dive buddy work together. My buddy and I went to Venice this past weekend. It was fun but have you ever have one of those days that things keep going wrong? I’m one of those divers who if several things on the surface go wrong, I usually back out of the dive, believing that Karma is trying to tell me something. Unfortunately this wasn’t one of those times. This time nothi...
journal of a "new diver" journal of a "new diver"
oceanbound - 3/11/2010 10:47 AM
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - Wow, it’s been almost a year since that dive at Morrison springs (see my first blog) Hard to believe I’ve come so far since that dive. I’ve been to so many different places, dove and seen so much in less than two years since becoming a certified diver. I now have over 150 dives. Just a few of the places I’ve dove include Palancar Gardens in Cozumel, the Lost Anchor in Belize, Round Rock in Grand Cayman, swam with dolphins in Roatan, the Oriskany in Pensacola, The Miss...