Congrats Alexis, Sherry and Peter

Just wanted to say congratulations to some of my new students.... Sherry, Alexis and Peter.

Sherry and Alexis are from Atlanta Georgia. A mother and daugher pair they were really great underwater. You could see that by doing the Open Water Course together it was a real bonding experience and they were learning about eachother, as well as the underwater world. At first Alexis had some problems equalizing (no wonder with those tiny ears) but she didn't give up. She went again the next day and succeeded to equalize and we all cheered her on underwater. I wish that I could post that photo, of Alexis being underwater. Unfortunately it is kind of hard to teach and take my camera, so I just will have to keep the mental picture for myself! Sherry, on the otherhand, she had no problems equalizing.... or with anything really! We had loads of fun together, including dancing on the boat, seeing loads of great stuff (eagle rays, turtles, morays, arrow crabs, banded shrimps, you name it, we saw it!).

Here are there diver shots for their certification cards!

Also, last week I taught Peter his Open Water. Wait... did I already blog about this? I can't remember... oh well, it was so fun that writing about it again is no problem! Peter is from Quebec, Canada (but he doesn't speak any French). He came down here in December and did a Discover Scuba Dive with Craig and decided to come back to get his certification this April. For me, I think it was one of the fastest certifications I ever did, because Peter didn't have to repeat anything. It was just a one on one course, so really relaxing and enjoyable (the way it should be). We were even able to circumnavigate all of Creole Rock on Peters first dive! We are looking forward to seeing Peter again later in the year for him to complete his Advanced Open Water.

Don't forget that I wait until after the course to take the diver "mugshots." I think that it is mandatory for divers to have authentic "diver" hair on their certification cards!

Anyway... that's all for now. Chris is on the boat diving Sally's wreck with some divers. I can't wait to see it. They are also diving the caves, which we can only do when it is really calm, like it is now!

(sally wrote this blog :0) )