Happy Birthday to Marie! She is ten years old January 7th, 2015. Today is a busy day for Marie so she got up bright and early to bake her own cupcakes. We selected the vanilla cake mix and strawberry frosting before we left Maryland.
No fancy wrapping paper here, so pillow cases will have to do.
Surprise, Genny gave her a Barbie video and Daddy brought back a BCD from California on his last trip to take the van home.
Georgetown has everything a cruiser might need. Groceries, butcher shop, water, laundry, hardware, rum store, and a PADI SCUBA shop. Marie has been patiently waiting for her tenth birthday so she can take SCUBA lessons. We only have a week before our guests arrive so we were very busy. The Open Water Diver course is completed with 12 -15 hours of videos and quizzes on PADI eLearning. Since this is an internet intensive class, Marie and I spent several days at the dive shop using their internet.
In addition to the eLearning, Marie started out practicing skills in the swimming pool at a local hotel. Johnathan had her clearing her mask, switching between snorkel and regulator, adjusting her buoyancy and many other SCUBA skills.
Next we scheduled two days out on the dive boat. Unfortunately, the weather has been stormy and the visibility was pretty bad. But since the point was to get certified we weren’t too concerned about the weather.
Two dives back to back is pretty tiring, especially for a little ten year old.
Out of the entire week we only took two days off. Sunday we attended church at the beach. They had song books, prayers, a bible reading and a short sermon. The kids sat in the balcony for a better view.
After church Roy and Jack got lessons for coconut opening from a couple of local guys.
The weather was unpredictable all week. One minute is was hot and muggy and the next a squall would come bringing a downpour and cold wind.
A favorite activity is to walk across to the east side of the island and play on the sand hill. We had two boogie boards and I was really surprised how well they worked for sliding down the sand.
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The kids made race tracks and raced and took turns sledding in the sand.
Is it sledding or surfing? Either way they all got sand in their hair and eyes and in their bathing suits.
Marie’s first dive as a fully certified PADI SCUBA diver was around Rudder Cut Cay. This is one of those places you have to wait for slack tide to reduce the current so swimmers won’t get swept away. There was no wind, the weather was calm and visibility was fabulous.
Roy and Genny came with us and everyone had a great time on the reef. Marie pointed out this cute little skate.
She enjoyed weightlessness with the fish.
This reef was alive and busy with fish coming and going.
Here is a great shot of the invasive but beautiful lion fish.
This tiny neon blue fish was abundant and always caught my eye.
At the end of the dive, just as the current started moving between the islands, we scooted to the mermaid and piano sculpture. This was a great dive and everyone had a fabulous time.
