Schonberg Day 5:
Today our first dive was at West Dog Island. We did our expiriment very smoothly and saw an insanely odd fish called a white spotted drum. We also got good results on our experiment and proved our hypothesis. We saw several fairy basslet and a lot of Sargent majors. The next dive we went to a. Oral nursery and...
Day Five on the Island
Today is the day that I got sick. I am slightly convinced that my roommate, John Wengierski, passed his illness to me. Nothing horrific, just an extremely sore throat and headache. However, it did cause me to sit out the day. I caught up on some much needed sleep and then hung out with Dr. Gruninger the entire day....
Day 3 – jack barker
In the morning today we went out to do two dives. The first was the wreck of the Rhone. In 1800s it was sailing through the BVI and one of the biggest hurricanes in BVI history swept in. When the hurricanes blew in captain wolly tried move the boat out farther in to see, when one of the crew...
Sauer Day 1
Today, I got up at 4 AM and drove to DFW airport, where after an hour and a half wait, I boarded a plane bound to San Juan, Puerto Rico. There, I had a four hour layover and had a small, overpriced pizza for lunch. At around 5:30 PM, Iboarded another much smaller plane and flew to Tortola. I...
Days 3&4
On day three of our trip, we explored the wreck site of a luxury ship from the 1860's called the Rhone. The Rhone sank in October of 1867 due to a massive hurricane that ran the Rhone into land. The steam engine room was the first part of the ship to make contact causing an explosion that divided the...
Day 2 in the BVI
Our second day here in the BVI began at Limetree cabin with breakfast provided by David, Aiden, Gordon, and Adam. After breakfast we headed down to the marina to begin our second day of diving. We took a pretty lengthy boat ride to Gaz's favorite dive site in the BVI, the Ginger Steps. Before the dive, Gaz explained to...
Suarez, Day 7
The final day, it was a very emotional and heart felt day. Everybody was sad that we were leaving, we had all had an amazing time and did not want to leave. This trip had gone by so fast because it was so much fun, it was truly one of the best experiences in the world that I have...
Sauer Day 3
Today, I got up at 7:30 and prepared breakfast a breakfast of cereal, fruit, and toast for me and my classmates. After breakfast, I rode a bus to the marina, where I got on the Sea Dragon and rode to our first dive site at a coral nursery. Once in the water, another classmate and I cleaned a PVC...
Day One on the Island
The day started at 8:20 with a short ride to the marina where Dive BVI's boats are docked. Next, we boarded the boats for a short safety briefing, locating the safety equipment sits in case of an emergency. For the first dive we traveled to George Dog Island for the first checkout dive. The dive lasted about...