tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31849685464071180992024-03-18T01:49:44.096-04:00Life Is Short- So Are My PantsJeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093712209582186332noreply@blogger.comBlogger1302125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184968546407118099.post-17986990035252744502014-01-31T13:44:00.000-04:002014-02-02T13:54:21.076-04:00ScreenCaps From the Dive<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Dropping along the edge of the island</div>
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and into the dark</div>
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This is below 400ft</div>
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Here my computer is registering 417ft </div>
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On the way back up at about 260ft</div>
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The wall in the background about 100yards away-</div>
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the visibility gets pretty phenomenal down there!</div>
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<br />Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093712209582186332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184968546407118099.post-87897626082709440002014-01-30T13:29:00.000-04:002014-02-02T13:30:42.058-04:00After Dive Performance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093712209582186332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184968546407118099.post-57351749370254372792014-01-29T12:59:00.000-04:002014-02-01T07:42:35.935-04:00Four Hundred and TwentyThree Feet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today I completed what will probably be the deepest dive of my life.</div>
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82 minutes from surface to surface for about a minute and a half at depth</div>
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Sure was fun though!</div>
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<br />Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093712209582186332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184968546407118099.post-28091845223616805522014-01-09T14:10:00.000-04:002014-02-02T14:11:22.051-04:00Person Of The Year?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093712209582186332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184968546407118099.post-70684654133645853262014-01-06T14:02:00.000-04:002014-02-02T14:03:05.137-04:00Winter Temps In The Compressor Room<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093712209582186332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184968546407118099.post-27947885970431466782013-12-30T14:01:00.000-04:002014-02-02T14:02:11.934-04:00Rough Day On The Boat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093712209582186332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184968546407118099.post-60164350790586351962013-12-26T13:27:00.000-04:002014-02-02T13:29:18.285-04:00Christmas Day Feast/Jam<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
at <a href="http://www.discoverygrovestx.com/" target="_blank">Discovery Grove</a></div>
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<br />Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093712209582186332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184968546407118099.post-34484104853808573242013-12-25T13:26:00.000-04:002014-02-02T13:27:16.986-04:00Christmas Aftermath<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093712209582186332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184968546407118099.post-63425746616912650262013-12-21T13:48:00.000-04:002014-01-30T14:00:01.243-04:00Best Christmas Present Ever!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
What do you get the guy who already has everything he wants?</div>
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A flight around the island!</div>
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The pilot took off and landed, but in between he handed over the controls to me,</div>
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so of course we flew all around Salt River</div>
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and our apartment,</div>
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Christiansted's harbor and the house we might be buying.</div>
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And Lisa managed to keep the screaming to a minimum</div>
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One thing that I was really excited to see was what the world looked like from 350ft up- the deepest I've been underwater.</div>
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We leveled off at 350 near Isaac's Bay and, around here, it looks like this-</div>
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I don't think I really understood how deep I have been until then.</div>
<br />Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093712209582186332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184968546407118099.post-25192147369831205902013-12-20T15:26:00.000-04:002014-01-30T15:28:10.972-04:00Estate Boetzburg<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Looks like we might be buying a house!</div>
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<br />Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093712209582186332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184968546407118099.post-50869113560347207432013-12-19T11:21:00.000-04:002013-12-26T11:22:24.880-04:00Winter Sunset<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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(a lot like the summer sunsets)</div>
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<br />Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093712209582186332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184968546407118099.post-91672150656479060452013-12-14T10:41:00.000-04:002013-12-26T11:09:57.133-04:00Boat Parade '13<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We arrived early for what we consider to be the beginning of the Christmas season on St Croix,</div>
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but not early enough to beat the long lines for bucket rides.</div>
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This year there were 20+ boats from giant</div>
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to tiny,</div>
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conceptual (dolphins pulling Santa's sleigh),</div>
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and even laser light shows.</div>
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After a couple of laps around the harbor everyone watched to the east for</div>
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fireworks!</div>
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After which the revelry continued into the night.</div>
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<br />Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093712209582186332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184968546407118099.post-51507577624050208282013-12-12T22:04:00.000-04:002013-12-26T22:06:33.701-04:00Lovebird!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093712209582186332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184968546407118099.post-23271670479516973772013-12-10T22:11:00.000-04:002013-12-26T22:12:09.544-04:00Lots Of Rain,<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
lots of rainbows.</div>
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<br />Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093712209582186332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184968546407118099.post-7121518402090268492013-12-09T10:22:00.000-04:002013-12-26T10:22:47.503-04:00Our Coconut Delivery Service<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093712209582186332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184968546407118099.post-51618566121065214822013-12-08T22:21:00.002-04:002013-12-08T22:22:45.714-04:00Galactica Star<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
So this boat showed up as I was putting the dive boat on its mooring for the night.</div>
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Pretty sure they dropped their anchor chain right across the coral reef we were diving on earlier.</div>
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<a href="http://galacticastar.heesenyachts.nl/Galactica/goto20.aspx" target="_blank">Here's it's website.</a></div>
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In other news, it rained a lot.</div>
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Again.</div>
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Took my camera diving</div>
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for the first time in a while.</div>
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Saw lots of the usual critters</div>
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and some creepy teeth.</div>
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Evidently the horse that adopted us has decided to move on.</div>
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I'll miss it, but I suspect our neighbor who did all the shoveling will not.</div>
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that the whole island gets rain at once.</div>
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<br />Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093712209582186332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184968546407118099.post-26796150217410977502013-12-03T13:04:00.000-04:002013-12-05T13:05:41.613-04:00Between Rainshowers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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