We had close to an hour before having to be at Tilden’s
for our two tank dive. Right next to Tilden’s was a little restaurant and bar,
which we went to before checking in. Unfortunately they were not able to get
the food out to us in time, so we grabbed all the grub to go. Nana and Grandpa
stayed and finished their meal while the rest of us went next door to fill out
the paperwork.
The kids and I got our BCDs and regulators from the shop
and headed out to the boat dock to meet us with the captain. The boat was by
Island Divers and manned by Larry, the captain, and Don, the mate. Don was the mate
who kept everyone together on the dive and helped out with all the gear.
We did two dives each, except for LT who only dove on the
first dive. Beginning the 3rd of July, the waters were packed with
boats. Each of our dive sites were pretty busy with other boats, but we never
ran into any other divers while we were in the water. Olivia, Thomas and I all
buddied up on the dive. Olivia and I buddied up together on the second one.
Since depth is not but about 15-25 feet around Sombrero and pretty much the
entire Florida Keys, there was no need for any dive guides or masters to go in
with us.
The coral and sea life was simply amazing. The pictures
will not do it justice.
We returned to the dock right around 4:30. Headed up to
the dive shop and got the kids some shirts before heading back to the house.
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