Dropping off gear

   Yep! I am signed up. I start class in three weeks and until then I am given home work. chapters to be read, and quizzes to take. That is so great! Which means I can start now. I was given a video to watch and a manual to read.
   The BCD was left but not a lot of hope. It was almost obsolete. Some of the manufacturers was no longer in business but they was going to take a look and see what they could do. Secretly I am hoping that it is too far gone so that I can get an up to date one. 
   The snorkel and mask should be fine but I will have to get different fins. I thought my fins were ok because they were supposedly dive fins, but I guess they arr better off using for snorkeling. They were a closed foot fin instead of open fin with a strap to hold your foot in. Oh well, that just means I get to buy another set. I picked out a medium price pair of fins until I figure out what I am doing and get other reviews. Of course you want the best of the best right off. But not yet.
    I went with the popular brand of Scuba Pro with a strait fin. My other fins were Ocean Quest and I am actually really happy with them for snorkeling. They are split finned and are not to hard to push.
   Next week I get to pick up the old BCB

Signing up

   Ok, so I am so stoked! I stopped by and picked up some info on the lessons and the schedule to see when was the next class. Very helpful guys.
   Tomorrow I am signing up and dropping off the BCD that my uncle gave me to get checked out. I already know that there is a hole on the bladder, but would like to know what can be fixed.
   Also I am bringing in my fins snorkle and mask to see if these are up to standard for the class.

Why did I want to dive

      As you grow up you watch a few movies that has underwater life, and you let your mind wander with the whales and sharks and of course the loved dolphins. I have an uncle that worked over seas in the Virgin Islands and I would hear his stories on the wrecks he dove. I had a friend that lived in Honduras that lived on the island of Roatan and he was the one that brought the underwater life alive. We would snorkel right off his dock and see every color fish, lobsters, octopus eating a conch, and so much more.
 Although he has passed on I will never forget the first time my face went under water. It was clear and I was hooked.
   So I bought my own set of snorkeling gear and traveled back and forth to the island enjoying what the reef around the island had to offer me, but I longed for more. I would see divers leave on a boat that was headed for a wreck or just a simple reef dive. I would hear there stories at the local beach bar and I finally realized that I would have to dive.
   So on  a recent visit to see family in Louisiana my uncle gave me his BCD and told me he couldn,t dive any more because of troubled ears. (not from diving) I was stoked so. I couldnt wait. So after a year past, I did it! I signed up for Diving class.
    I hope to note the experiences and what I have learned through this blog.