Grand Cayman 6/7
Today was another relaxing day. We all got up at our leisure and sat around
and chatted for a while. We had some of
the leftover peanut butter pancakes for breakfast. Then Dick and Zane drove the tank we had
rented yesterday back to Eden Rock to return it by 8:30. Dick and Eric had used the tank to test out
Dick’s equipment in the swimming pool at the condo—which worked out very
well. While Dick and Zane were returning
the tank, the rest of us wandered over to the office and talked with the
owner. We also got to pet Calilo (the
cat) and Mango (the dog). The owner also
shared some of her photos of the destruction from hurricane Ivan with Kati and
Lou.
Zane and Dick made it back and after they returned it began
to sprinkle so we all headed back to the condo.
We had some more time to visit as we did not have to head out until a
little after noon. We had booked a two
tank afternoon dive at Ocean Frontiers for Eric, Sheila, Zane, Kati and Dick
and had to be to the boat by 1p.m. We
all got our gear together and headed down to the east end a little early. On the way we stopped and took Kati and
Dick’s picture by the elderly people crossing sign.
We arrived at Ocean Frontiers and got all checked in and got
our gear down to the boat. On our boat
was our group and three other people, which made it very nice. The first dive site we went to was called The
Maze, which was a nice spot for everyone.
It is right along the wall, but the top of the reef is at 40-45 feet
which made it perfect for Zane as his max depth is in this range. This was Zane’s first experience on an ocean
going boat and he got a little green around the gills on the ride out. So as soon as we got to the dive site he got
in the water to alleviate the motion sickness and then he was fine.
Everyone had a very good dive and Zane got to see his first
shark. Actually we saw one or more
sharks on both dives we did. Once
everyone was back on the boat, Zane again had the effects of motion
sickness. So the captain of the boat was
nice enough to return to the dock so that Zane and Dick could get off before
the second dive.
After dropping off Dick and Zane and unloading some of the
gear at the dock for our surface interval, we then headed out for the second
dive. The second dive we did was just a
short trip from the dock again and was a much shallower dive. We again saw sharks on this dive along with
barracuda, several lionfish, and the other usual suspects. Toward the end of the dive we also saw a lot
of fish spawning.
After the second dive we returned to the dock to join Zane
and Dick at the bar to have a couple drinks before returning back to the
condo. Lou had another lovely day
enjoying the peace and quiet back at the condo, reading, enjoying the view, the
ocean breeze, and visiting with the neighbors.
After returning to the condo we unloaded all of the gear
from the car and took it out to the back patio to dry out a little before
bringing it in or the night. Zane took
the opportunity to jump in the pool and swim around while Lou and Kati visited
with the neighbors and I started dinner.
I got some whole wheat vegan drop biscuits mixed up and put in the oven. I left Eric in charge of checking them when
the timer went off as I wanted to go take a shower and clean up. Just as I got out of the shower I heard the
smoke alarm in the condo going off. I
ran downstairs to find Dick and Eric trying to get the smoke alarm to go off by
opening the back patio door and fanning the detector. I thought maybe the biscuits had burned, but
they had not. It must have just been
something burning off in the oven as it was set to 450—I doubt it gets used at
this temperature much here.
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