2017

Today was a lot of fun while being very exhausting. We started off the day by waking up very early and then going to practice. The boat ride over to the dive sites was very short yet thrilling and exciting at the same time. When I first was gearing up I was very nervous until we started and I...

Today was the first day of our marine biology trip after a long day of traveling yesterday. First we got up bright and early and ate a quick breakfast and went down to the cattle bridge for Glen to pick us up and go to our assigned boats. And we went to our first dive site with me not...

Today was our first day diving here in Virgin Gorda. Our first dive at the George Dog Island started at around 9:00 AM. We went down to the ocean floor and practiced the basic skills of scuba dive as a reminder from our scuba certification class. We then swam around the dive site, getting a feel for both the...

Today was a lot of fun while being very exhausting. We started off the day by waking up very early and then going to practice. The boat ride over to the dive sites was very short yet thrilling and exciting at the same time. When I first was gearing up I was very nervous until we started and I...

Before eating a hearty breakfast of Honey Buns and eggs, we were awoken at around 6:45 by our first views of Virgin Gorda. We went out onto the boat and left promptly for our first dive of the trip at around 9:30. Although just the first dive of the trip, I got to touch up on some basic dive...

Loved my first day here. Snorkeling is definitely not my natural talent however I will master it by the end of the week. It was so cool seeing all the fish we had learned about in class in real life and seeing fish I hadn't seen before. Doc was really helpful with my snorkeling deficiencies. We got to go...

Today was the first day of diving in the BVI after a whole day of flying and playing hacky sack. Arriving at San Juan, I choked down some pizza and went to sleep amongst the constant fear of bugs crawling on my face. The next day, I woke up four minutes before we needed to show up in front...

The day started as most, with the majority of the roommates waking to the alarm. Our breakfast was a "hearty" bowl of apple jacks, honeybuns, and a granola bar. We took our boat, the mighty sea dragon, our to our dive sites today. We went on two free dives today. On our first dive, we...