D was 'tired' so we did not dive. Turns out she was worried about the current. I had mentioned to Michelle about it and she took it pretty tough. We thought it was the backflip. Got it reschedules for the afternoon. Mentioned D's apprehensions to Anna at the shop. Picked up the UW camera for the dive.
Walked around and found the geocache! It was in a shop on the pier. Ran into a guy who also lived in Los Fresnos!!! We knew the same people! What a small world. Turns out Los Fresnos still still getting speeders into South Padre right outside of town. Found 2 conch shells next to the sea wall by the cemetary. Jumped in and picked them up. D & Q were thrilled.
Hung out at pool for awhile decided to take a short nap while kids and Michelle at pool.
Boat picked us up at the pier around 1:45. Israel our DM. One guy on the dive an expert diver (on his way to instructor). Israel had us get our gear on in the water (Anna?). During trip out I talked about San Pedro 20 years ago. Israel filled in some of the things I could not remember.
I was able to stay on the boat and film D in the water while the guy helped D get gear on. The diver had a slate so we could write the messages 'Hi Mom' and 'Hi Ms T.R.' (writing underwater is surprising hard). Not sure how to erase those slates. We (Anna, Israel?) timed the dive exactly when the current was switching from in to out. So we would be against the current for a few seconds, then with the current. The son (14?) of a Dad/Son dive pair seemed to have some problems clearing his mask/equalizing. So we stopped on the bottom for about 10 minutes. D took the time to try and catch the fish by hand. She was smart enough to not move around much and wait for them to get close before trying. Saw a shark and a bunch of eels. A spotted one chased off the DM as he swam by.
We snorkeled this time. The DM told us that the sharks would leave as soon as he stopped chumming the water. So D jumped into the water next to the sharks as soon as he said that!.
Had dinner at Carumba's. Nice place. VERY loud (low ceiling, no windows). Q could not get out of the bathroom (hands too wet to turn the knob). No one could hear her call for help. She eventually got out when her hands got dry. Very traumatic.
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