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DiverDownAZ
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Day 6
Wohooo!!! I slept all the way to 4:30. Worked on the TR and read while waiting for the wife. Got up and walked to the dive shop, found out that he dive we had reserved with only 4 other people has filled up and we now have 14 plus 3 dm on the boat. On my video housing I had already determined that I needed through bolts for the clasp catches for additional strength then on the way to the boat one of the catches popped off when the screw pulled free. So no video today after all the searching for a filter yesterday. Fortunately I have a spare housing back at the room but is a opaque tube instead of clear and it is untested for water tightness. The dms were impressed with my red filter and were planning to pick up a plastic bowl to make one themselves.
We were on the Anita
which is a decent size boat and fits all comfortably and had lots of shade. While diving we were split into 2 groups dropped at the same site but quite a distance apart. We did Palancar horseshoe and San Francisco reef. Perfect dives today. Visibility was 100 plus current was barely there just enough to make swimming easy but not enough to push you off of a photo shot. I absolutely loved horseshoe and a would love to go back. We didn't see a lot of sea life but the formations were gorgeous. San Francisco was nice but much more life but not a lot of real nice formations. The other group saw a splendid toad fish which would have been cool.
My computer died on me, no problem I keep spare 2032 and 2025 batteries, Open it up and its a 2045, dammit Jim. Had to stick to the wife. And use her computer. At one point I was taking a picture of a anemone against a real pretty backdrop and the dm came over and chastised me cause I was drifting to deep.
The only point the boat felt crowded was during the surface interval feeding frenzy . The table was set in a corner so you could only get to it from 2 sides. Fortunately the wife got food for me because I don't like crowds.
Back to the hotel where we fix the spare housing so the screws can't pull out (hopefully) download our pics and take a short nap. Walked downtown with a stop to watch the sunset.
Then it is off to dinner at Casa Denis (which we have been told is pronounced Dennys). We went way overboard on food here. They start you off with chips and pico de gallo that the waiter was saying was spicy. After joking around with him a little he brought out the good stuff made with habenero chiles. Wow, it was hot but had great flavor.
The wife liked the sound of lime soup which she pictured as a chilled creamy fruit soup like a strawberry bisque. So she ordered that the garlic grouper an order of guacamole and I had the ranch combo platter. When we received the soup it was a large bowl of chicken in broth. The soup was delicious.
This by itself would make a nice lunch time meal. The garlic grouper was great. My food was ok very similar to what I can find back home and not something I would order again. We met “MrAdrian” and his wife from the trip adviser forum at dinner. We both walked away stuffed and had to skip our by now traditional ice cream cone.
On the way home we stopped at mega looking for a 2045 battery no luck. But we saw guy wearing a dive t shirt speaking Spanish so we stopped him and asked about the battery he recommended pro dive or the Kodak store, which everybody calls omega.
Back to the hotel were we got to bed around 11 then up at 3:30 to start on the trip report.
Wohooo!!! I slept all the way to 4:30. Worked on the TR and read while waiting for the wife. Got up and walked to the dive shop, found out that he dive we had reserved with only 4 other people has filled up and we now have 14 plus 3 dm on the boat. On my video housing I had already determined that I needed through bolts for the clasp catches for additional strength then on the way to the boat one of the catches popped off when the screw pulled free. So no video today after all the searching for a filter yesterday. Fortunately I have a spare housing back at the room but is a opaque tube instead of clear and it is untested for water tightness. The dms were impressed with my red filter and were planning to pick up a plastic bowl to make one themselves.
We were on the Anita
which is a decent size boat and fits all comfortably and had lots of shade. While diving we were split into 2 groups dropped at the same site but quite a distance apart. We did Palancar horseshoe and San Francisco reef. Perfect dives today. Visibility was 100 plus current was barely there just enough to make swimming easy but not enough to push you off of a photo shot. I absolutely loved horseshoe and a would love to go back. We didn't see a lot of sea life but the formations were gorgeous. San Francisco was nice but much more life but not a lot of real nice formations. The other group saw a splendid toad fish which would have been cool.
My computer died on me, no problem I keep spare 2032 and 2025 batteries, Open it up and its a 2045, dammit Jim. Had to stick to the wife. And use her computer. At one point I was taking a picture of a anemone against a real pretty backdrop and the dm came over and chastised me cause I was drifting to deep.
The only point the boat felt crowded was during the surface interval feeding frenzy . The table was set in a corner so you could only get to it from 2 sides. Fortunately the wife got food for me because I don't like crowds.
Back to the hotel where we fix the spare housing so the screws can't pull out (hopefully) download our pics and take a short nap. Walked downtown with a stop to watch the sunset.
Then it is off to dinner at Casa Denis (which we have been told is pronounced Dennys). We went way overboard on food here. They start you off with chips and pico de gallo that the waiter was saying was spicy. After joking around with him a little he brought out the good stuff made with habenero chiles. Wow, it was hot but had great flavor.
The wife liked the sound of lime soup which she pictured as a chilled creamy fruit soup like a strawberry bisque. So she ordered that the garlic grouper an order of guacamole and I had the ranch combo platter. When we received the soup it was a large bowl of chicken in broth. The soup was delicious.
This by itself would make a nice lunch time meal. The garlic grouper was great. My food was ok very similar to what I can find back home and not something I would order again. We met “MrAdrian” and his wife from the trip adviser forum at dinner. We both walked away stuffed and had to skip our by now traditional ice cream cone.
On the way home we stopped at mega looking for a 2045 battery no luck. But we saw guy wearing a dive t shirt speaking Spanish so we stopped him and asked about the battery he recommended pro dive or the Kodak store, which everybody calls omega.
Back to the hotel were we got to bed around 11 then up at 3:30 to start on the trip report.
Tell your DM to find you one, I guarantee you'll see one on your next dive. When you see it, pay close attention to it's habitat and surrounding area so that you'll know where to look to find them in the future. 
