Up a smidge before my alarm this morning whether I wanted to or not. Seems as though I wasn’t smart enough to take my tired old touchas to bed last night when I should have. I got wrapped up in that new series (New Amsterdam) and stayed up a wee bit later than I planned. Not the first stupid thing I have ever done, and an above average chance it ain’t gonna be the last one either. Anyhow~~ Got all my batteries bump charged and my gear all lugged out to the truck. Oddly, wasn’t in the mood for breakfast so I opted for a bottle of Spark on the drive to the marina. Not real smart, but it worked for what I needed. Fairly full boat today. A Dad and his 4 daughters, and 6 other folks. 3 of them were regulars, so I still had a fairly good size group to get pictures of. As I got ready to go over the side for the first dive, someone hollered “Dolphins~!” I did not hesitate and as I splashed into the water 2 big dolphins and a smaller one come cruising by me. I went as fast as I could in some very ‘sporty‘ water, to get my lens uncovered and my camera turned on. Because I use a ‘wet’ lens for my wide angle, I have to ‘burp‘ the lens before I can start taking pictures. By the time I got all that done, the dolphins were long gone. DAMMIT Emmit~! I have got some really nice video of them before, I have taken from the bow of our boat, but that was the first time (since I started diving) that I ever got to be in the water with them. Oh well – I did get to see them. As we dropped, the current picked up and got stronger as the dive wore on, which is never any fun. As we was wrapping the dive up, the dolphins came back by. I tried to get to them, but the current was to much to fight against and they were cruising along. I tried to zoom my lens and I did manage two pictures of them, but terrible, terrible quality. DAMMIT Emmit~! I actually saw them a couple of times during the dive, but just to far away for a decent shot. Second dive I was busy trying to get people pictures when one of the Dive Masters grabbed my arm and pointed….. the dolphins. No current on this dive and I took off. I did manage to get close enough this time that I didn’t need to zoom and managed a couple of shots that turned out good enough, you can at least tell what they are. Jeezzzus those things are huge~! I wish they would have hung out with us, but happy to get the shots I got. What a great way to spend a Sunday~! Nothing scheduled for the entire week coming up…… Look like it’s gonna be a long week….. especially without my Queen here. She has her appointment with the Pulmonologist tomorrow. Please keep your fingers crossed for a good diagnosis so she don’t need much ‘fixin’ and she can come home to me.
Happy Birthday to Son-in-Law Michael~!
Good Night Y’all ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Thankx for stopping in~!
