WE'RE HERE!

Coco View (a view)

We just finished the American Tradition of Thanksgiving. My mother and father came to visit and share the feast. It was a good time had by all. We ended up with more food in the freezer than in us, so we must have done something wrong? Now, about being thankful, I am thankful for so many things I cant list them all. Health, wealth, great beauty and youth all mixed together – plus a great excitement for living. One of the things I’m thankful for is Scuba. Diving down into the peaceful colorful surroundings exploring the great beauty of the Sea.

to get here I spent quite some time in “packing.” It’s a contest of both the mental and physical -trying to remember everything I need and things I ‘might’ need. After finding all my scuba gear, camera and computer equipment, and oh yes a few clothes… I have to try and squeeze it into my dive bag. If I lay it out and do some very intricate origami I can barely get everything carefully organized into the case and close all the latches.

At the airport the TSA guys unpacks it like he’s a kid on Christmas morning. Everything pulled out and piled across his little table in a jumble. Thumbing through my books like he’s interested in how the plot develops, unscrewing the dive light and inspecting the batteries. No stone left unturned. Then I have to watch as he jams it back in all ‘willy nilly.’ Of course he cant close the lid. So, he moves a few items and jams it harder shoving, twisting and pushing, then slamming.

So much for delicate and careful. Oh well, this stuff isn’t important – unless you have to use it to breathe under water.

Now we fly from Dallas to Miami, then on to San Pedro Sula, Honduras. At which point we switch to a ‘puddle jumper’ plane to fly the 40 miles to Roatan Honduras.

I’m starting out a day behind. Yesterday Craig and Casey flew out early. They couldn’t get on our flight so they flew down on Friday. They stayed at Posado Arco Iris in West End.

We have now met up. WE ARE ALL HERE – SAFE AND SOUND. The resort is great - very beautiful. Look tomorrow for more photos.
THE DIVE CLUB