the best graduation gift i could ever get... scuba certification! me, karl, and teryn all got certified and i wish i had more pictures to show everyone how amazing it was, but these are the few i have. after the pool certification i wasnt quite sure if i would really like it, but i sure was wrong. i even got a little seasick (ok really seasick) the first day of diving, but still loved it. we saw everything... eels, turtles, a spotted eagle ray (which apparently is different than a manta ray but they look the same to me), and tons of fish. awesome... just awesome.
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first day in the pool. we loooooove wetsuits.
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this was our instructor mel. she gave us handshakes underwater whenever we did good things. we loved her.
thanks richard & angie!