Michael Curry '21

Today I awoke with the rooster and immediately thought to myself, "Last day best day, I have to make it as meaningful as possible." Though there wasn't anything really special about our last full day, I tried to stop myself multiple times throughout the day to soak it all in. Just be present. Because I was more focused on...

Today started out with the rooster alarm clock followed by eggs and hash browns for breakfast. The agenda for today was two wreck sites (submerged boats for snorkeling and diving) and a beach cleanup! The first wreck site was of the USS Kittiwake. The United States Navy ship was a submarine rescue vessel in active duty from 1946 to 1994....

The rooster. The day started with the natural morning alarm and all the exhaustion from diving and activities hit me. I was tired and drowsy, but I still threw a pillow at my heavy sleeper roommate and got some breakfast. Today's agenda had two more dives for us. The first dive was on the wall. This time, after a stern...

Today was by far the best day of the trip. It started out just as the other mornings with the rooster and breakfast, and it only got better from there. The first dive site was one of the greatest diving experiences I have ever had since certification. The site was a series of coral formed into downward sloping tunnels that...

I woke up to the delightful sound of the rooster again this morning and made my way down to breakfast to prepare for an adventurous day. The highlight of the diving was exploring the dive site, Bonnie's Arch. Captain Lee, our dive master and instructor, explained to us that Bonnie was one of the first people to capture images...

Waking up right before the alarm I had set to go off would usually make me upset, however given the location, waking up to the sound a rooster trying to tell me the sun is about to come up only brought excitement for the day. After a delightful breakfast, we had a boat meeting outside the dive hut to...

Arriving to the resort was a spectacle of its own. There is beach front service (food, pool, and a view of the ocean) with a dock that provides direct access to a patch of coral less than 100 feet from the edge of the pier. An hour after arrival, we went for a quick snorkel to acclimate to the...