Rylee and Dad decided to certify for SCUBA this year. :)This is their Discover SCUBA at the Central Arizona College pool. This is an opportunity to see if you even like SCUBA diving. They give you all the equipment, show you the basics of how to use it, and then let you play around a little bit.
If you decide to continue, there is a class you take that shows you what you need to know and certifies you to dive in open water up to 60 ft deep. Then you have to do a closed water dive, in the pool, to show that you know what you're doing. After that is the open water dive at Lake Pleasant so you can demonstrate your knowledge in a real world setting.
This is the Lake Pleasant dive. Aubree and I also dove at this time to refresh our memory. They ask you to do a refresher if it's been more than 6 months since your last dive.
Now we head to San Diego where the water is cold! We always charter the same boat every year because we know the captain and he's familiar with what we do and who we'll be bringing. This is Aubree's 3rd year diving. Captain Eric nick named her purple from her first dive because her wet suit was black and purple. I don't think he knows her real name, but when we show up year after year, he remembers her and calls her purple. :)
This is most of our group helping to load gear onto the boat at the marina. We had a record number of girls diving this trip. 3 moms, 4 daughters, and a friend. I think we had 39 people in all, including the Bitter family and ours, because we do all the planning and organizing. It's a blast every year and we'll keep doing it as long as we have time and it's still fun!
LOVE THE BEACH!!!
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