while this is much more Jonathan’s thing than mine (personally, i’m a bit freaked out seeing even small squid up close!), we have *great* gear and sort of made this joking pact to go Every Single Day while he’s here. so far we’re keeping that promise.
yesterday, Dr. D (a prof at MUA) contacted me via this site and offered to take us out with another group of students. they were meeting at Paradise Beach at 2pm and we readily jumped on the bandwagon. today, we spontaneously stopped at Pinney’s Beach on the way back from town and were glad we still had the gear in the truck (and our swimsuits on).
[note: links below are to photos hosted on external sites. BIG thanks to the hosts and/or sorry for any broken images!]
things we did not touch:
- black urchin
- fire coral
things we did touch:
- six keyhole urchins
- big conchs!
- west indian fighting conch
- heart urchin (aka: sea pussy, i think)
stuff we saw from afar:
- just about every fish you can imagine!
- several schools of squid
- pufferfish
- Jonathan even saw a huge manta ray (but was careful not to get too close!)
photos from Jonathan’s underwater camera housing (thanks, mom!) to come soon!
I need to do a job search on the MUA website. ;) It looks stunning there and I am now officially jealous.
You two are so freakin’ cute, oh my goodness! :-)
And the heart urchin link is definitely broken (haha…you said “pussy”).
Ha – I’ve had a bottle of wine, that’s my excuse! Markus and I are celebrating our one year wedding anniversary (Friday, all weekend, AND tomorrow night!)
oh my gosh ~ it so does look like paradise, beautiful blue :) and you two ~ waaaay tooo cute : )
Hey you two! SOOOOOO jealous of the excursions…and the blue sky… and the warm weather… and the tropical waters… but that’s it!
Look forward to seeing more pics. Take care JHawke, miss you already ;(
Don’t hurry back JC, it’s raining….