Well, I wasn't expecting so many life style changes to happen so abruptly or suddenly. Diving is just one of the many activities that I enjoyed that are off limits now. The heart attack caused my early retirement from my primary occupation, which is an enormous bummer.
Recently, we went on a trip to Loreto Mexico. I didn't get to dive but I was able to snorkel and fish. It was a blast but I'm certain that the diving would have been even more so. My fiends that went diving reported super clear visibility and abundant sea life. The thing talked about the most were the sea lions swimming with the divers.
Snorkeling in this area was very cool. There are schools of bait fish near the shorelines that can be spotted from a panga. I managed to snorkel with the bait fish and these bait fish immediately begin to circle you. Once out of the bait ball there are all of the different varieties of colorful tropical fish to view. Turtles are small in this area because they were not protected until recently. One snorkel trip we saw spotted reys and jelly fish. We ended up swimming through a swarm of pika pika and ended up with the rashes on unprotected areas. They looked like blue glitter, very cool to see.
The same panga took us fishing and we caught dorado and red snapper. Enough fish for our group of 12 to last the week. We went fishing again and targeted dorado, only for a few hours, and managed about 30 pounds of clean fillets. I really like dinning on dorado.
Next trip is Maui. Oddly we had dive excursions planed for this trip. Now I plan to snorkel with the honu. Hopefully no pololia or pika pika.
When the day comes that you have to make some life style changes, because of what ever the reason, it is good to have a best friend. Mine is my wife, who made every effort to help me through this and still does.
Bill
