Bahamas

October, 2008
We just recently took a trip to the Bahamas. Both kids are now old enough to get certified - so we got to make it a family dive vacation. Talon is 12 & got certified last year. Steel is 10 & just finished his certification.

August 26, 2008
We are stuck at the hotel right now since we are waiting to see what the weather is going to do - I guess there is the possibility of some rough weather. We are supposed to call the dive shop soon to find out if it will be possible to go out today.

I swear I think Steel is part fish! We can't keep him out of the water at all & he's doing great with the diving. Every second he's not in the ocean - he's in the pool. We have done 4 dives so far. Talon just did the first one. Steel has done all 4 dives. The seas were a bit rough yesterday... enough to make me feed the fishes - but Steel still did both dives with me. He got to see a small wreck, a turtle, lion fish & tons of other stuff. He gets very excited & is pointing out just about every fish. He's got a natural knack for finding things too! He spotted a lion fish inside the wreck at the same time I did - plus he said he saw an eel that I did not see. Talon is not taking to it quite as easily. He has a lot of anxiety. We will most likely need to have to have really calm water to get him back in.

I just brought my DSLR on the first dive day - since I needed to see how the kids would do before bringing new/different equipment. Then yesterday I brought the video camera. I really enjoyed doing video.... Guess I knew I would. I see advantages to both. With the DSLR I can take photos that can be enlarged. With the video I'm able to capture some very different things that don't really look dynamic in photos.