Jennifer, would love to plan a trip with you sometime. Sounds like we’d be pretty compatible, diving-wise.
I too am based in central New York and always itching for a trip to warmer weather. Right now I’m planning a fall 2017 trip to the Red Sea (because I’ll already be in Europe for a few months around then), but in 2018 would be great to do something closer. Maybe back to the Caribbean. Would like to visit Bonaire.