janeothejungle
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So I arrived to gray, sprinkley skies this morning, but luckily a cup of coffee and 3 donuts bolstered my good spirits at not having to be at work. I saw a small group of divers heading out on a zodiac and a trio gearing up farther down the pier, other than that, the place was almost eerily empty.
Funny, eh? I always thought illness was the reason we go in.
So I geared up at a leisurely pace and carefully assembled my beloved camera (dutifully cleaned last night, including a brand new, perfectly lubed O-ring) and off I trudged. I decided to tour the kelp since I happen to like wee beasties as much as I like big beasties). I got in and did the baby otter kick out to mid-patch and dropped on down. I managed this pic (you can't see me)
and, like a dolt, I turned the viewing window off to conserve the batteries. That's right, you guessed it, the rest of the pics look like varying stages of this.....
And I did have a minor emergency when my heart stopped beating, but that was because I was swimming merrily along when something tugged my fin and I almost swallowed my regulator. Lucky for me, it was just another diver wanting to be buddies. Granted, an obese naked diver, but beggers can't be choosers, y'know? He stayed with me for the rest of the 49 minute dive and I admit I was reluctant to leave him behind... I'm sad to say this is the only memento I have of him...
Water was a fairly balmy 50 degrees at 26 feet. After the first dive, I stayed out cursing my camera housing for about 2 hours and then went back in for a shorter visit to the tube anemones just off the breakwater wall. Only lasted 31 minutes before floating back to the beach (and the hot showers). Hopefully it will be just as calm on thursday (when I have a go at flooding my back up camera, as well)....
Cheers,
Kat
Funny, eh? I always thought illness was the reason we go in.
So I geared up at a leisurely pace and carefully assembled my beloved camera (dutifully cleaned last night, including a brand new, perfectly lubed O-ring) and off I trudged. I decided to tour the kelp since I happen to like wee beasties as much as I like big beasties). I got in and did the baby otter kick out to mid-patch and dropped on down. I managed this pic (you can't see me)
and, like a dolt, I turned the viewing window off to conserve the batteries. That's right, you guessed it, the rest of the pics look like varying stages of this.....
And I did have a minor emergency when my heart stopped beating, but that was because I was swimming merrily along when something tugged my fin and I almost swallowed my regulator. Lucky for me, it was just another diver wanting to be buddies. Granted, an obese naked diver, but beggers can't be choosers, y'know? He stayed with me for the rest of the 49 minute dive and I admit I was reluctant to leave him behind... I'm sad to say this is the only memento I have of him...
Water was a fairly balmy 50 degrees at 26 feet. After the first dive, I stayed out cursing my camera housing for about 2 hours and then went back in for a shorter visit to the tube anemones just off the breakwater wall. Only lasted 31 minutes before floating back to the beach (and the hot showers). Hopefully it will be just as calm on thursday (when I have a go at flooding my back up camera, as well)....
Cheers,
Kat
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