tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37428693942353984722024-02-19T04:46:55.045-08:00Living life and making memoriesThis blog is about Sara and Dan, and Dixie of course, and our life together. We want to share with you the things we do and experience, and what makes us who we are.Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10158607519708477734noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742869394235398472.post-59610325164933426232011-07-17T20:59:00.000-07:002011-07-18T11:04:54.756-07:00First half of the sumer...GONE ALREADY!Summer is flying by and I haven't had much of a chance to update this in the last month or so. We have been busy enjoying life and enjoying the nice warm weather! I won't comment much, but upload some pics of what we've been up to the last six weeks or so. <br />
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We went on a wine tasting out on Prior Lake one evening in June, and ended up having an impromptu little boat cruise of our own. I didn't know if any of these pictures ever turned out until I uploaded them tonight and I had to share! It was one of those nights that you don't have any expectations for and then turns out to be one of the best ever!!<br />
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</div>We also spent a weekend up north with our good friends Scott and Megan, at their family cabin. It was a beautiful weekend and we had fun playing by the lake and relaxing.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5NeQNSol8PQ/TiOcyhQVHgI/AAAAAAAAAoM/XXS0_foFvZE/s1600/067.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5NeQNSol8PQ/TiOcyhQVHgI/AAAAAAAAAoM/XXS0_foFvZE/s400/067.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the way home, we found these sweet skis that someone was trying to get rid of for free! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We can't wait to teach all the nieces and nephews how to ski!!</div><br />
The construction progress continues on the house. Here are some pics of the work of the excavating crew. It's nice to see the progress that is getting made.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A_hdOtMmeJA/TiOnEoZtg9I/AAAAAAAAApA/hBfCxlOwE4U/s1600/foundation.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A_hdOtMmeJA/TiOnEoZtg9I/AAAAAAAAApA/hBfCxlOwE4U/s400/foundation.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The foundation is in!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcweCheVowP676YMU_gxFycu-UF_wDSDFs1zQ2hYlRVmYsacrFPQTTaPgSgTPs363NjUqC3Gmhb8KbcWGhQ9J4ydL_WAk4h79kUiWB_5C2JJIMGMQ-iA02JeQkpVVeL3ia47KCKQUCQcaZ/s1600/frame+almost+done.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcweCheVowP676YMU_gxFycu-UF_wDSDFs1zQ2hYlRVmYsacrFPQTTaPgSgTPs363NjUqC3Gmhb8KbcWGhQ9J4ydL_WAk4h79kUiWB_5C2JJIMGMQ-iA02JeQkpVVeL3ia47KCKQUCQcaZ/s400/frame+almost+done.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And the framing has been started!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This 4th of July was one of the best ever. Maybe it was because it was one of the most beautiful weekends of the summer...but maybe because we had such a great time with our wonderful friends! Sadly, the only pictures I have of the entire weekend were of me and Dixie being lazy on the lake.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>The weekend of July 8th I went to Las Vegas with some friends for my bachelorette party. It was seriously the BEST WEEKEND EVER and definately deserves a post of it's own! Dano had plenty of people come over to keep him company so he wasn't too lonely without me. :)<br />
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Mark and my dad brought the kiddos over. Jen was with me in Vegas, so they were looking for some fun to keep them occupied while Mom was gone.<br />
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</div>The next day some of Dano's buddies came over for a guys weekend of surfing.<br />
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</div>On Saturday July 16th, Dano and I went to the 2nd Annual Lakefront Blues and Jazzfest. The festival is in Lakefront Park, just a quick ten minute walk away, so we headed up there. Despite the heat, there was a great turnout to see Buddy Guy!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And we ended up weekend, the best way possible, enjoying the lake! Scott and Megan came over for some surfing, and everyone did an awesome job! The water felt so good since it was such a hot day. Even Dixie couldn't help but jump in for a swim to cool down every now and then.</div><br />
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</div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10158607519708477734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742869394235398472.post-77211393826812319602011-06-26T20:19:00.000-07:002011-06-26T20:47:30.885-07:00Open Water Scuba Instructors!!After months of classes and hours of testing and prep in the classroom and pool, on June 5th, Dan and I become PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors!!!<br />
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The weekend started early on Saturday morning with three grueling hours of theory tests followed by classroom presentations. We had a quick break for lunch while we went over to the pool at Northwestern Health Sciences and got prepped for pool skills and in-water presentations. We successfully made it through our first day, but we were totally wiped out, and had to get out ready to head to the lake the next day.<br />
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We got out to Square Lake early on Sunday morning, and I was desperately hoping the water would be warmer than the chilly 65 degrees that it was two weeks earlier. I had planned to dive in my wetsuit and was worried about freezing underwater. But, fortunately, it was a beautiful day!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7lJBldkShxQ/TgfyjnXZkrI/AAAAAAAAAk4/lT-z0wl8III/s1600/IMGP0562.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7lJBldkShxQ/TgfyjnXZkrI/AAAAAAAAAk4/lT-z0wl8III/s400/IMGP0562.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beautiful day out at Square Lake! Lots of Diver Down flags.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Out at the lake, we were required to do rescue scenarios, open water presentations and skills in the water. There were 11 of us total in our group, so we were split into two groups. Dan and I were in the group that completed the rescues first, so we got those out of the way immediately, and the water actually felt pretty decent.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After the other group finished the in-water stuff, we headed out into the lake for our dive. The water temp was about 75 on the surface and I was feeling great. However, after going below the thermocline, it was pretty chilly! Our dive ended up lasting 53 minutes and the temp below the thermocline was 65 degrees. I was chilled big time and couldn't wait to get out of the water! As soon as I got up to the surface, I got into the super hot, steamy black car and just let the heat permeate me. I couldn't get enough.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyway, so after our dive, we finished our presentations, and then we all sat around waiting for the results. One by one we were called over to the instructor and he told us our scores and whether or not we passed...and we did!! In fact, all 11 of us in the class did! It was great! We took a few more pictures of the entire group with our certificates.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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To celebrate our new certification, the Scuba Center crew headed over to the Gasthaus in Stillwater for some german beers. It was a perfect afternoon...sunny and hot and we all sat outside and enjoyed sharing diving stories.<br />
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Dan and I are excited to become SCUBA instructors and share our love of the water with others! Let us know when you want to try!Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10158607519708477734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742869394235398472.post-70603662977202897752011-05-30T20:57:00.000-07:002011-05-31T19:17:07.360-07:00Memorial Day WeekendThis has been a busy week here and we were so THANKFUL for the long weekend. Dan has been busy demolishing the fireplaces during the past couple of weeks, which is part of our master plan to remodel the basement before our Groom's Dinner by the beach in September. We plan to replace the wood-burning fireplaces with gas fireplaces. His goal this week was to get as much done as possible on his own, so that we could completely remove the chimney and patch up the holes in the house over Memorial Day Weekend.<br />
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To celebrate our success with the fireplace removal, we went to a Twin's Game on Tuesday night with Scott and Megan! We started out at Kierans, the best place for a happy hour before the game, and then enjoyed a beautiful night at Target Field with an amazing and definately unexpected win by the Twins!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After having fun on Tuesday night, there was no more time for fun and relaxtion the rest of the the week. We still had more fireplace work that had to be done. We needed to get as much taken down as possible, so that we could remove the entire chimney on Saturday and get the holes patched up. So, Friday afternoon, Dan rented a jackhammer and went to town!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Friday night we were lucky enough to go to ANOTHER Twin's Game!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There was a Thrivent event, and Mark and Jen gave us tickets, and we got to sit in a Skyline Suite! It was an awesome night to watch the game from a suite, since it was kind of rainy and cold. Plus, we got beer and hotdogs! Can't beat a Dome Dog!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TmGH7GoEqJU/TeRcaoGd-6I/AAAAAAAAAgs/3ubGGSoe4TA/s1600/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TmGH7GoEqJU/TeRcaoGd-6I/AAAAAAAAAgs/3ubGGSoe4TA/s400/015.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At the Harmon Killebrew statue, a bunch of people had left flowers and signs as </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a memorial to him. It was really touching to see this...I had to fight my tears!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hJ8ds6cU5Z8/TeRcZJJGK0I/AAAAAAAAAhM/HvIGmk3SGg8/s1600/018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hJ8ds6cU5Z8/TeRcZJJGK0I/AAAAAAAAAhM/HvIGmk3SGg8/s400/018.JPG" width="333" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mark and Dawn came to the game with us too, and we had a nice time socializing with them!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--9exzHu3LXM/TeRcZqQB6DI/AAAAAAAAAgo/7DGC0eUXTqo/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--9exzHu3LXM/TeRcZqQB6DI/AAAAAAAAAgo/7DGC0eUXTqo/s400/017.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Justin Morneau is my favorite Twin's player ever since I met him at The St. Paul </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hotel after a Wild game last November. He was super nice, and gave me his autograph </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">on a Wild ticket. And he was really friendly to all of us, and gave Dan and Scott </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">multiple high fives and fist bumps throughout the night. My bro Dave likes him a lot too, so I took this picture so he could be jealous that we were all at Target Field and he was missing out in CO!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mHldR_jNwVY/TeRcVzQ0EeI/AAAAAAAAAgM/JmOHU9nmY8o/s1600/032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mHldR_jNwVY/TeRcVzQ0EeI/AAAAAAAAAgM/JmOHU9nmY8o/s400/032.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Twins managed to piss away their 4-0 lead in the last few innings. So, unfortunately, no Win that night. But, there was a nice firework show after the game, and we all had a great time!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We got home pretty late, and we kinda wiped out from the week of fun and all the chimney work. But, got up EARLY on Saturday to start the next phase. We had people coming over to help us with the chimney and needed to be ready for everything! That meant that Dan needed to climb on the roof and start work on the chimney up there, and I needed to go to the grocery store and buy doughnuts to feed all of our helpers! Both equally important jobs. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Fortunately, all of Dan's hard work during the past few weeks, had paid off, within a couple of hours, the upstairs part of the chimney was down! It was so amazing to see it fall at once!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-waQ5Xvwa3rE/TeRcVTHmI_I/AAAAAAAAAgI/hSCPNvwVrHw/s1600/036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-waQ5Xvwa3rE/TeRcVTHmI_I/AAAAAAAAAgI/hSCPNvwVrHw/s400/036.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dan busting out the final pieces, and a view from the house!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Fortunately, we were able to get all the chimney stuff cleaned up and the hole in the house sealed just minutes before the rain and hail started. Talk about perfect timing! I was so glad to be finished! We are so thankful for everyone's help with this project!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The rest of the weekend we were pretty lazy. We spent several hours on both Sunday and Monday cleaning the house...the dust from the brick is everywhere. Poor Dan is super sore and still exhausted, but we are glad to have that first milestone of our project finished up. I'm beginning to think our remodel for September is actually going to happen! Yeah!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Back to the grind tomorrow...thank goodness it's only a 4-day week though! Hope you had a nice Memorial Day Weekend too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10158607519708477734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742869394235398472.post-83832020120563200332011-05-21T09:37:00.000-07:002011-05-31T19:16:29.527-07:00Truk - Day 7Sunday February 20th was our last day in Truk. We were scheduled to leave around midnight that night, so it was a no diving day. A few of us decided to go on an island tour to some of the surrounding islands. Our two divemasters picked us up at the dive shop and took us to a couple of islands. These islands were kind of remote and didn't have electricity. It's really interesting to see people living that way and makes you really appreciate all of the comforts we have here in the US. When we were walking through one of them, we came upon a peace corp volunteer from the US...Nebraska I think. I think she heard our Minnesotan accents. She talked to us for a bit about living life there, which was really interesting.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We all had our last dinner in Truk together and spent the night either napping or packing, anxiously getting ready to leave for our long trek back home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10158607519708477734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742869394235398472.post-17915738141949813352011-05-21T09:13:00.000-07:002011-05-31T19:15:44.559-07:00Truk - Day 6This was going to be our last day of diving in Truk. I was tuckered out and kind of sick of diving, so I just decided to do the first dive, on the <a href="http://www.truk-lagoon-dive.com/Wrecks/I-169.htm">I-169 Submarine</a>. Again, I don't really have much noted about this dive...but Dan took this cute picture of me. <br />
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</div>After this, I took the rest of the afternoon off and took a nap and read my book. Dan did two more dives and got some really cool pictures on a penetration of the Kansho Maru.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Before the third dive, it was raining really hard. The air was colder than the water, so the divemasters made everyone get in the water and snorkle. The last day of the day, and the trip, was on a tug boat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b2ZRPTXjqm8/TaaE0wlazqI/AAAAAAAAAbM/j5-HasHgsdw/s1600/Chuuk+Dive+Trip+Day+6+%2528Truk+Lagoon%2529+131.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b2ZRPTXjqm8/TaaE0wlazqI/AAAAAAAAAbM/j5-HasHgsdw/s400/Chuuk+Dive+Trip+Day+6+%2528Truk+Lagoon%2529+131.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10158607519708477734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742869394235398472.post-76307535751088138282011-05-21T08:57:00.000-07:002011-05-31T19:15:21.113-07:00Truk - Day 5Today we did two dives, one on the <a href="http://www.truk-lagoon-dive.com/Wrecks/Nippo_Maru.htm">Nippo Maro</a> and the second on the <a href="http://www.truk-lagoon-dive.com/Wrecks/Shinkoku_Maru.htm">Shinkoku Maru</a>. Both dives were good...but I really don't have much interesting written in my logbook about them and we didn't take the camera along. So, most of our pictures from this day were taken when Dan went on a little walkabout the island and through the resort. It was a beautiful day!<br />
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Our first dive was on the <a href="http://www.truk-lagoon-dive.com/Wrecks/Kansho_Maru.htm">Kansho Maru</a>, and again I was diving with Mike so I didn't bring my camera along. I didn't really like this dive, because there was a fairly lengthy penetration that I choose not to do, and I felt like a loser. Anyway, there was some cool sealife on the ship to check out. The second dive of the day was on the <a href="http://www.truk-lagoon-dive.com/Wrecks/Sankisan_Maru.htm">Sankisan Maru</a> which was a SUPER cool dive! This dive had a lot of coral and fish and was really pretty. There were also some really large cargoholds to swim inside of and there were bullets and guns everywhere. It was neat to see all that.<br />
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Our third dive of the day was on a patrol boat named the Suzuki. It was a pretty small boat, and because Dan and I were doing the night dive they told us we could only dive for 20 minutes. We totally thought that was BS, however, when we got down to the boat there wasn't really much to look at. We swam around the boat a few times and took lots of pics, but there was really not much to it. But there was A LOT of the BEAUTIFUL PINK and PURPLE CORAL that I love!<br />
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Our fourth dive of the day was a night dive on the <a href="http://www.truk-lagoon-dive.com/Wrecks/Fujikawa_Maru.htm">Fujikawa Maru</a>. This was the second time we had done this dive, and I loved it the first time so I was excited to see it at night. We headed out to the dive site around 5:30 or so and got in the water as soon as it got dark, a little after 6 or so.<br />
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During the night, the soft corals come out to feed, and they look so beautiful! It was pitch dark though, and without a flash lights we couldn't see anything. And, if I didn't have the strobe lined up just right on whatever I wanted to take a picture of nothing turned out. It was really cool. I took a lot of pictures of the coral.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was a great night dive! My first one ever on a shipwreck.</div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10158607519708477734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742869394235398472.post-77604846020919191732011-05-20T20:50:00.000-07:002011-05-31T19:13:49.243-07:00Truk - Day 3We started diving on Wednesday with the plan to visit two wrecks that were a good distance away, so we were going to have lunch on Jeep Island, instead of coming back to the resort. Some folks on the trip were going to take a "Wreck Diver" course that Tom was teaching, and Dan decided to help divemaster for the class. So, I ended up diving with a new buddy, Mike. I decided not to take my camera because I wanted to be a good buddy, rather than oblivious to everyone I was diving with like I do sometimes when I'm with Dan and taking pics.<br />
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The first dive of the day was the <a href="http://www.truk-lagoon-dive.com/Wrecks/RioDeJaneiro_Maru.htm">Rio de Janiero Maru</a>. This was a nice dive and we did some swim throughs. Unfortunately, the day was kind of cloudy, which didn't make it as bright as it could have been underwater. But, nice dive. We then headed over to have lunch at Jeep Island.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jeep Island was super cool. A bunch of dead coral had washed up onto shore and we were able to collect some of it. I brought a few pieces home with me, even though it might not be technically legal. But, it was dead. Anyway, we had a great time on the island and then headed back out to the rough seas to do our second dive.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our second dive of the day was the <a href="http://www.truk-lagoon-dive.com/Wrecks/Gosei_Maru.htm">Gosei Maru</a>. This was a really nice dive, because there was a lot of coral and fish around the boat. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">About half of us decided to go on a third dive. The dive was to an Japanese Fighter plane that was fondly termed the Betty Bomber. The Dive was super cool. We first dropped down to see the engines that were some distance from the plane. Then we came up to the plane. The back end was up and you could do a swim through the back and come out one of the side windows. It was so cool. I watched Dan and Buck do it, and then I figured I could give it a try, so I did.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10158607519708477734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742869394235398472.post-8753993658972269802011-04-24T22:11:00.000-07:002011-05-31T19:13:20.974-07:00Truk - Day 2On Tuesday, February 15th, I was ready to be out diving! We ate breakfast at the restuarant at the hotel, which, is where we ate EVERY single meal while we were in Truk. We actually never left the resort, except for a trip to another island. I don't feel bad about that though because there was just not much to do in the town of Weno. <br />
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Anyway, our first dive of the day was the <a href="http://www.truk-lagoon-dive.com/Wrecks/Fujikawa_Maru.htm">Fujikawa Maru</a>. I was told that morning that this was supposed to be the most famous site in Truk...the site that the most pictures are taken of for dive magazines and stuff like that. I will be honest, I'm not a huge fan of wreck diving, although Dan LOVES it. I don't really like going inside them, penetrating, as it's called in the diving world. I get nervous about that, and I just really prefer seeing the beautiful fish and corals and all that. So, when people were passing around maps of this ships during breakfast, and talking about the "super structure" and lengths and widths and what type of ship it was and all that, it kinda just went in one ear and out the other. But, I was excited to experience something new.<br />
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So, the 12 of us divers hopped on two boats, along with the boat driver and dive guide and headed out to the dive site. Alls I can say, is that the dive was AMAZING!!!!!! It was by far the best wreck that I had ever dove, and it still my favorite dive of the Truk trip. <br />
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The ship was VERY long, but we were able to enter the cargo holds on the sides. They were these huge openings, and you could swim from one to the other, versus swimming around the boat, which was much easier and we were able to see a lot more of the cool stuff. Inside the cargo holds we saw a Japanese bomber plane, a gas mask and barrels of oil. This dive had a lot of swim throughs and they were so much fun. I have attached a bunch of pictures, because there were so many beautiful ones I just couldn't decide what to leave out. We also saw several sake bottles, which we saw on almost every dive. The majority of the ships that were sank, where merchant cargo ships with supplies, which included a lot of sake!!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fYG_yBQh21U/TaZ8icThEnI/AAAAAAAAASQ/dT_rg7aN82s/s1600/Chuuk+Dive+Trip+Day+2+%2528Truk+Lagoon%2529+047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" i8="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fYG_yBQh21U/TaZ8icThEnI/AAAAAAAAASQ/dT_rg7aN82s/s400/Chuuk+Dive+Trip+Day+2+%2528Truk+Lagoon%2529+047.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was the dial that said at the speed. It still moved, because Dan touched it.</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ux274ztYZ8k/TaZ8ljBvMDI/AAAAAAAAASk/26kf1ZOwuAo/s1600/Chuuk+Dive+Trip+Day+2+%2528Truk+Lagoon%2529+056.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" i8="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ux274ztYZ8k/TaZ8ljBvMDI/AAAAAAAAASk/26kf1ZOwuAo/s400/Chuuk+Dive+Trip+Day+2+%2528Truk+Lagoon%2529+056.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was Dan's 200th dive. The strobe flooded out what was written on his slate, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but he sure does look cute!!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">All I can say is that diving the Fujikawa was AMAZING! It was so beautiful. The ship and the things were saw were fantastic...and the amount of coral and fishlife was unreal.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Taking decent pictures inside the ships is kinda difficult. Because there is no sunlight if you've penetrated, you have to use the strobe, but using the strobe tends to highlight a of backscatter so the pictures aren't super clear. But some of the videos look pretty cool.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This video is of the inside of the first cargo hold. You can see the bomber.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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After lunch and a nice surface interval, our second dive was on the <a href="http://www.truk-lagoon-dive.com/Wrecks/Yamagiri_Maru.htm">Yamagiri Maru</a>. This was a nice dive, but definately not nearly as spectacular as the first one. We saw some ammunition and were able to go inside the engine room. You were also able to do a little swim through the engine room and up a staircare to a room where there was a skull. I chickened out though and didn't see it. I felt kinda like a loser for being a chicken, but oh well, I'm over that.<br />
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Overall, a GREAT day of diving!!Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10158607519708477734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742869394235398472.post-59821549225593574752011-04-24T21:28:00.000-07:002011-05-31T19:12:41.972-07:00Truk - Day 1Ok, after finishing the Palau trip blog I got a little sidetracked and haven't been able to finish documenting our trip to Micronesia. Part of the problem was that once I started looking at the pictures and reliving our time there, that's all I could think about. I was kinda obsessed about going back...not that I'm not anymore...but I've got a better grip on reality this week.<br />
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We left Palau around 2am on February 14th. We had to leave our hotel in Palau around midnight, so it was a short night of sleep. While going through security in Palau my lipgloss, eyeliner and mascara were confiscated. The lady didn't like the baggy I was using. It was a sandwich bag, versus a zip-lock bag, so she took my stuff away. Nevermind that I've been using that exact baggy for probably 3 years, but whatever. I was SOOOOO PO'd about that. After roasting for hours in the airport, we finally get on the plane, which headed to Guam for a several hour layover. Fortunately for me though, the Guam airport has some really awesome duty free shops, so I bought some new lipgloss and mascara...although I was still rather bitter about it. So, finally, we are again on our way. We were exhausted and crabby and just wanted to get there by this time. <br />
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We finally arrived in Truk (fka Chuuk)! Happy Valentines Day!! <br />
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<a href="http://www.visit-fsm.org/chuuk/">Truk</a> is a small state, part of the Federated States of Micronesia, which is an independent island nation. There are only about 53,000 people that live on all the islands of this state, and it is very poor. The infrastructure is especially bad. The drive from the airport to the hotel was about 5 miles, but took probably a good 30 minutes or so. In Truk people survive by subsistence living, basically fishing and eating their catch. About 5,000 tourists do come to Truk a year though, mostly for diving.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">During World War II Truk was occupied by the Japanese, and there are several sunken Japanese ships and fighter planes that offer incredible opportunities for diving. Truk supposedly has some of the most spectacular wrecks to dive in the whole world. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Truk Lagoon is specifically known for surviving "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Hailstone">Operation Hailstone</a>" in February 1944, which was a massive air strike by the US on the Japanese that were based in Truk. The strike is considered to be similar to the extent of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. We were headed to Truk to dive some wrecks...lots of them. From the airplane we could see the remants of wreckage in the clear blue waters, and even driving through town we could see what used to be massive cargo ships. </div><br />
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While in Truk, we would be staying at the <a href="http://www.bluelagoondiveresort.com/">Blue Lagoon Dive Resort</a>, and were diving with the <a href="http://www.truk-lagoon-dive.com/">Blue Lagoon Dive Shop</a>, located on the resort. Since I was still kind of crabby, and definately exhausted when we arrived, I choose to skip the first dive of this leg of the trip and take it easy. I took a nap and worked on reading The Golden Compass, which Dan had gotten me for Christmas. Dan went diving and came back super excited about what he saw and I was rested and pumped to see it myself the next day.<br />
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Dan and I started out by celebrating this wonderful day with a tasty brunch with my mom, Mark and Jen (my bro and sis-in-law), and of course, with two of the cutest little dudes ever, Parker and Lily! <br />
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We ate good food and we talked about what the Easter bunny had brought to P&L, the wedding, and of course, when Dan would be putting the boat in the water!! If it stayed nice, we were hoping today would be the day for that! So, we were all so excited when we left and the sun was shining and the air was warm.<br />
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So, Dan and I quickly rushed home to see Dixie and "My Baby."<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"My Baby" is the name of our boat. And, as much as we love it and have fun on it, we did not name it that!!! We bought it about 3 years ago and that was it's given name by it's previous owners. Dan is a little superstitious when it comes to renaming boats, and so, it's just stuck. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyway, it's been a long winter, so we've been itching to get the boat into the water and start playing around. We uncovered it a few weeks ago, when the weather was really nice. We were really anxious to see how it held up this winter, because during one of the first really heavy snow storms in November a tree broke and fell on My Baby. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Although the tree did tear a hole in the tarp, and in the boat cover under the tarp, My Baby didn't have a scratch on her!! We were so lucky. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, Dan and a few of the neighbors finished putting in the docks and lifts down by the beach, and then they drove the boat over to the landing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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It's been awhile since I've seen such a big smile on his face!!!!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What a perfect end to a beautiful day...and a dreadfully long winter. Hope your Easter was filled with blessings!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10158607519708477734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742869394235398472.post-19724668241001937882011-04-13T21:31:00.000-07:002011-05-31T19:11:20.594-07:00Last day in PalauOur last day in Palau was February 13th. We were set to fly out of Koror about 2am the next morning, so it was a no-diving day. Which was fine because we had some relaxing, and shopping and touristy things we wanted to do before we left.<br />
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We started out the morning with a long, leaisurely breakfast. As part of our hotel package, breakfasts each day were included. The majority of the people that stay at the hotel are Japanese, and apparently Japanese don't eat breakfasts like we do, like of eggs and cereal and toast...it's just another meal to them. Breakfast was always an interesting combination of American type things, like eggs and bacon and regular food stuff like hot dogs and sweet and sour chicken and sushi and salad. We tried everything that day since we weren't getting a dive boat with a full stomach.<br />
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</div>After paying our tab at Sam's and taking a few last photos, we decided to head downtown for some shopping with Marv and Jo.<br />
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A cab ride downtown, which was about 2 miles away or so, was about $5. We could have walked, but it was just too darn hot. So, the four of us cabbed it, and they took us to the shopping place, which mostly consists of a big Ben Franklin store. They had a lot of cool trinkety stuff and t-shirts there, but none of us were really in the mood for that.<br />
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Dan and Marv really needed some tools for diving before we left for Truk, so we trudged around and asked some locals for directions, but finally found a hardware store. A few things that we saw along the way:<br />
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After the guys got their tools, we went into some more shops. One thing that Palauns are famous for is crafting storyboards. They are these old legends that are carved beautifully out of wood. We saw a bunch of them in almost every store we went in, and really wanted to get one. We continued out, thinking about whether or not we should get one to remember our Palaun love story by.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyway, the storyboards there were totally amazing, and Dan and I found one we really liked. It was one of the scuba tanks in the top right corner of the pic. But, we didn't have enough cash on us to buy it, so we figured we could come back later that day and buy it, since they were open til 6pm.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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After leaving the prison, we walked over to Bem Ermii, a hamburger stand and got a little treat. The owner was hanging out, and we talked to him for a bit and he told us about life in Palau. I kinda dragged everyone to Bem Ermii because I really wanted to go there and get a t-shirt for Stef. I think she was a Bem Ermii junky when they lived there, and it was fun. They all put up with me in good humor!<br />
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Dan really wanted to go to the Red Rooster brewery for some authentic Red Rooster T-shirts, so we started walking that direction. We asked several people along the way which direction to go. It was after noon by this time and HOT and we were kinda dragging, so just hoping to get there as soon as possible so we could relax. Unfortunately, we finally get to Red Rooster...and of course, it's closed for rennovations!!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, we called our cab and went back to Sam's for lunch and to buy more diving t-shirts!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As the afternoon went on, Dan and I decided we wanted to buy the storyboard we found. We found Tom and told him about the prison and he said he wanted to come into town later to check it out, so he'd come with us. We decided to do a quick snorkle in the lagoon outside of the resort and then we'd shower and meet up with Tom at 5 to head back to the prison to buy our storyboard and then eat dinner somewhere.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Outside the resort, there was a beach and a little lagoon, and in the lagoon there was a Japanese Zero plane from WWII that had crashed there. It was just a short swim out and about 10 feet down so we wanted to see it and get some pics.</div><br />
We found it, took a few dives down and took some pics and decided to call it a day. We were gung ho to get back to the prison and get our storyboard.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, Dan got up on shore first, where a Japanese family of four happened to have been playing for hours. All of the sudden he started screaming, and of course I was like, WHAT THE HELL??? He started shrieking that he'd stepped on a stonefish. Now, I don't know my fish all that well, but I do know that a stonefish sting is not good and people die from them. All my emergency first responder skills flew out the window and I frantically called Marv in his room and told him to come down and help us. Actually, the only first aid thing that went through my mind was wondering whether I should pee on him, like they do on Friends!!! During this time Dan continued to squeeze the venom out of his foot and there were some folks sitting down by the beach from Austrailia, where stings of this nature are common, who suggested we soak it in vinegar. The hotel staff brought some out and he soaked his foot for awhile. He said it was feeling better, but the hotel said they'd take us to the hospital. And since we were headed to Truk that night, which is kind of remote and not super modern, we decided to take advantage of what we could in Palau.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, Dan and I hopped in the car to go to the hospital. On the way, Dan is feeling better and is starting to freak out that we aren't going to get our storyboard, and suggests maybe I just go buy it and he'll just go to the hospital and see what that brings. I thought that would be a pretty crappy thing for a newly engaged person to do to their finacee, so I went with him to the hospital instead. I figured even if he ended up being fine, that was probably something I would never live down. He was feeling a bit better about things though, as he and Marv had determined that what he'd stepped on was not a stonefish, but a scorpianfish. Which, although poisenous, not as much as the stonefish.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We walk into the Palaun ER and someone came to talk to us right away and determined that he wasn't going to die, and they said we had to wait because they had another emergency. Turns out that this 20 something year old guy was beaten up by his uncle and his shoulder was dislocated and he had a big gash in his head. I also think he might have been on drugs. We weren't feeling like such an emergency after we saw that. In the meantime, we sit and fill out paperwork, and it's almost 5:30. Dan continues to freak out about the storyboard, so I called up Marv and Jo and asked them if we could borrow money from them and if they'd go back to the prison and buy our storyboard. They said why yes of course, and went and did it. It was SO NICE of them!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dan got treated a few minutes later. The doc talked to him for a while, and determined that the stinger wasn't imbedded in his foot, and the poisen hadn't spread beyond the bottom of his foot. So, he soaked it iodine for a long time. And then we paid $75 and left and got back to the hotel shortly after 6. So much for our relaxing!! Dan's foot was sore for probably the rest of the trip, but other than that, he's fine. Unfortunately I have no pictures of our ER room visit to share, but it was really quite nice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We went over to Big Drop off at Neco Marine for some final Red Roosters and dinner and then tried to catch a few hours of sleep before we had to leave the hotel at midnight. The night sky was absolutely beautiful that night.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10158607519708477734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742869394235398472.post-25691593942661356882011-04-11T22:04:00.000-07:002011-05-31T19:10:42.411-07:00Palau Day 7Well, this was our last day of diving in Palau. And those of us that were still diving were bound and determined to make it a good one. So, we decided to check out <a href="http://www.fishnfins.com/n/sites/German-Channel.html">German Channel</a> again, try a new site called <a href="http://www.fishnfins.com/n/sites/Big-Drop-Off.html">Big Drop Off</a> and end it all with <a href="http://www.fishnfins.com/n/sites/Blue-Corner.html">Blue Corner</a>.<br />
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We took some shots on the boat, since we knew this would be the last time we'd get the opportunity...on this trip at least!<br />
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At German Channel, we were hoping to get our third spotting of Manta! We went down to the cleaning station and sat there for about 15 minutes and no sign of them. I was thinking that this dive might be a bust, as far as seeing manta. So our dive guide moved us along, and we saw the Feathertail Ray laying in the sand again.<br />
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After giving the manta a break for a while, we went back to the cleaning station, and just as we got settled, the most beautiful manta came swimming in. I have a really good video of this one.<br />
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</div>We ended the dive with the divemaster showing us the most breathtaking hot pink anenome I have ever seen. There is even a cute little clownfish protecting his home. What a great dive!!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">During the surface interval before our second dive, at Big Drop-Off, Dan and I were enticed by the color of the water, and decided to go for a little snorkle. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our guide told us that sometimes you see black tip reef shark while snorkling there, so of course we grabbed the camera. We did see a shark, but the pic below is my favorite photo from the snorkle. I was in the water first, and a few minutes later when Dan jumped i, and the fish just went crazy. They were everywhere, and I got this shot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Big Drop Off was one of the most beautiful wall dives that I've ever done. It was a great place to practice underwater photography.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And of course, the last dive of the Palau leg of our trip....BLUE CORNER!!! It was definately Sharks Galore!!! Of course we saw other things, but compared to all the sharks, it really isn't worth mentioning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After diving that day the majority of us went and at dinner at the Taj, an Indian Restaurant in downtown Koror. It was FANTASTIC!!!</div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10158607519708477734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742869394235398472.post-51319636557428997872011-04-11T21:29:00.000-07:002011-05-31T19:10:06.156-07:00Palau Day 6On our sixth day of diving we headed to <a href="http://www.fishnfins.com/n/sites/Virgin-Blue-Hole.html">Virgin Blue Hole</a>, followed by <a href="http://www.fishnfins.com/n/sites/Blue-Corner.html">Blue Corner</a> and then ended with a dive called Dexter's Wall. This day started out kind of dark and dreary, and it was raining really hard when we got to our first site, the Virgin Blue Hole.<br />
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At this dive site, you drop down a hole to about 100 feet, and then you swim through a large tunnel for probably another 100 feet or so until you come out and you finish your dive along the wall. A few of us were kind of anxious about doing a tunnel that long, and decided at the last minute to forego the tunnel and just stay along the wall. I was part of the group that "chickened out" of the tunnel experience, whereas Dan and a few others went in. <br />
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After the dive talking with Dan and the others, I am SO GLAD that I didn't go the tunnel route. Mike, another guy we were traveling with, termed the dive the Virgin Black Hole because it was BLACK inside and you couldn't really see anything. I'm sure it's a lovely dive when the sun is out, and you can see the exit through the tunnel, but this was a cloudy and rainy day. I definately enjoyed my panic free dive along the wall.<br />
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I didn't bring my camera on that dive, since I was worried about the tunnel and didn't want anything else to have to think about. I also didn't bring it on the Blue Corner dive that was next because I didn't want to be "that diver" that always uses their camera. However, it was a spectacular dive, and afterwards I wished I would have had it.<br />
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I did bring it along on the Dexter's Wall dive. I had dove this site before when I was in Palau, and knew there was a good chance of seeing turtles. And we saw some of the most beautiful HawksbillTurtles. The markings on them were just amazing. A few even had Remoras attached to them, and didn't seem to mind at all.<br />
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At German Channel we were fortunate to see Manta again. They were beautiful and graceful. No good shots of them and no great video like I did the other time though. However, I did get a nice shot of a Feathertail Ray that was laying in the sand and a playful turtle that we saw towards the end.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We also were incredibly fortunate to see a HAMMERHEAD SHARK on this dive!!! It's extremely rare to see these in Palau. In fact, our dive guide Steve, who is Palaun and has been diving here for 15-25 years has only seen them two or three times before. I did get some video, but it is very patchy and it would probably make you puke, so I won't put it on here. But, it was truly a really cool thing to experience and a neat memory.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The next dive at Blue Corner was just absolutely amazing. We saw a lot of shark, of course!!! We also saw SEVERAL green moray eels, and I even got a video of one swimming around. We saw our one and only Lion Fish too, which is interesting because you see them all over the Caribbean now. We also saw the pair of spotted eagle ray that live here, and are always together. They kind of remind me of dogs too. Our friend Jo also celebrated her 100th dive on this dive, so we captured the moment with a picture.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>After we finished up at Jellyfish Lake the boat took as back to Sam's, the dive shop. A few of us had decided to do an extra shore dive there. You were able to just take a tank from the shop and hop in the water off the dock and do a dive against the shore wall. It was probably only 5 to 10 feet deep at most, but it is the home of Mandarin Fish, which are so beautiful. Being the dive junkies we are, Dan and I are never one to skip a dive, so of course we wanted to go. Unfortunately, three dives is about all our camera battery can handle, and it died during the Jellyfish Lake snorkle. But,our buddy Tom had his camera and we have a few pics of the Mandarin Fish that he took. They are so cool!<br />
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Mandarin fish come out to mate around dusk. There was about five of us that hopped in the water and spent about 45 minutes watching these beautiful creates flit around. They were kinda shy and would have to work up some courage to come out and see us. These fish are really small, probably an inch or two at most, and there were some little babies that were probably just a couple of centimeters long.<br />
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Later that evening, Dan and I went over to the bar/grill at Neco Marine for dinner. It is called Big Drop Off. It was pretty good food. But then again, we aren't picky when it comes to fresh fish and french fries!<br />
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</div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10158607519708477734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742869394235398472.post-8204291259516205102011-04-11T20:35:00.000-07:002011-05-31T19:09:05.777-07:00Palau Day 4This day we did three dives again. We started off again at <a href="http://www.fishnfins.com/n/sites/Ulong-Channel.html">Ulong Channel</a>, then went to <a href="http://www.fishnfins.com/n/sites/Siaes-Tunnel.html">Siaes Tunnel</a> and ended with a nice easy dive over a coral garden, which the divemaster named Steve's Coral Garden in honor of himself. :)<br />
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I'm not really sure which site these pictures came from, but it was another day of good diving. Siaes Tunnel was really cool. It was this super large tunnel that you swim through for about 50 feet at around 110 feet deep, and then you slowly ascend along a beautiful wall. Dan took some of these pictures, and he has a video of me that I will post. I get a kick out of seeing what I look like underwater.<br />
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We only did two dives this day, and our first dive was <a href="http://www.fishnfins.com/n/sites/Ulong-Channel.html">Ulong Channel</a>. This was a super cool dive site, with a really strong current. Which means we saw a LOT of sharks!!! Plus, drift dives are just really fun. We used reef hooks on this dive, which were big fishing hooks that we stuck into the reef and that had a rope coming off of them that we attached to us. We were basically leashed into the reef, which meant that we could just float in the current and enjoy seeing everything, rather than use up a bunch of air and energy fighting the current to swim or stay in one place.<br />
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The photography was definately a bit better this day than the day before. At one point, I moved my head all around me and counted 18 sharks. It was unbelievable.<br />
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We had lunch at Ulong Island. This is apparently where the cast of Survivor lived when Palau was the location. It was beautiful, and I think being stuck here indefinately would be the best thing ever!!<br />
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Our second dive of the day was at a site called <a href="http://www.fishnfins.com/n/sites/Siaes-Corner.html">Siaes Corner</a>. This was a really pretty dive, with a lot of beautiful colors and coral. The current kind of picked up towards the end, and we ended up using our reef hooks again. That's when we saw the spotted eagle ray. He stayed with us for a long time.<br />
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Later that night some of us went for dinner at Kraemers, which was just a short walk from our hotel. I had been to Kraemers when I'd been to Palau before. In fact, one of Stef's good friends when she lived there is Jane, who is the wife of the owner. I'd met Jane before and was excited to see her again and see if she remembered me. It was fun to see her and we took a picture for Stef. Plus, the food was just AMAZING!!!<br />
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Another long and beautiful ride out to the dive site offered us some great opportunities to play around and take some fun photos.<br />
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Out at German Channel, I was excited with the prospect of seeing mantas, and also excited to use our new underwater camera. My mom had just gotten Dan and I an awesome underwater camera for Christmas and I couldn't wait to try it out. The dive guide told us that in order to get the mantas to come, it was important that we stay on the bottom, and just hang out. If the mantas came and we started moving, we would scare them away. Also, if the manta came and swam over us we were supposed to hold our breaths because the bubbles tickle their tummies and that might be another reason they swim away.<br />
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When we first got in, I took a couple of practice shots to try to get my bearings with taking pictures underwater. It took a bit to get the site, as well as the strobe, dialed in. Thank goodness for digital! Anyway, I practiced on Dan, and this is one of my favorite shots of him underwater.<br />
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</div>So, anyway, we headed down to the "cleaning station" where the mantas come to, and hung out on the sandy bottom on our knees. It was about 60 feet deep, so not too deep and pretty comfortable. All of the sudden, Steve, our dive guide started banging on his tank and pointing upward, and lo and behold a manta was swimming down to us.<br />
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</div>It was amazing, and my heart was racing as I was attempting to take pictures and stay in control of my bouyancy and on the ocean floor. The manta came down further, and I was able to get this awesome video.<br />
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</div>I personally think the video is neat, but it is seriously nothing compared to seeing this amazing creature swim down in real life. It was so amazing!!!! One of the coolest things I'd ever seen. In the video, the woman Bev, was holding her hands up because sometimes the manta like to brush up against things. After the dive, we all came up just so excited and thinking nothing could get any better than that.<br />
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As we got settled into the boat our divemasters told us that the next dive we'd be doing was <a href="http://www.fishnfins.com/n/sites/Blue-Corner.html">Blue Corner</a>, since we were right by it. This is probably the site Palau is most famous for, and I knew it'd be another good one. Blue Corner is called what it is, because it is on a reef that is in the corner of the Phillippine Sea and the Pacific Ocean. The current tends to be pretty strong so you usually see a lot of really cool stuff.<br />
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We saw lots of great stuff, but my camera skills weren't too good at this point. But, I have a couple of neat videos from this site.<br />
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</div>I do really like this picture of this beautiful napolean wrasse that we saw though. He was so cute and always hanging out...kinda like a dog.<br />
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</div>Again, we all got onto the boat thinking that was the best ever, and we headed to the same lunch spot as the previous day.<br />
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As we were eating lunch, Dan asked me if I wanted to go for a walk when we were done, and we headed down the beaching, talking pictures and picking up little creatures and talking about how amazing our trip had been so far and how fortunate we were that we were able to come.<br />
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Dan found these little sand dollar guys, and as we were walking along, he hollowed out the one that had a hole in it.<br />
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He gave it to me and said here is a ring for you, what do you think of it? And I said, I love it. And then, just when I thought the day couldn't possibly be any better than it already was, he pulled a box out of his pocket, and said, well, what do you think about this one? It was an engagement ring, and then he asked me to marry him!! I couldn't believe it...my jaw dropped! I was totally shocked that he had brought this amazingly beautiful ring with him halfway across the world. Of course I said yes, and of course I started to cry!! As much as Dan wouldn't admit this to anyone, he had to fight a few tears too. <br />
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I took this pic of Dan right before he asked me to marry him. No wonder he kinda looks nervous in it.<br />
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</div>And, here is my sand dollar ring and my engagement ring.<br />
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</div>We went back and told the others, and Tom snapped this pic of us, on our engagement day.<br />
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</div>Our boat took of shortly after this and we went on to our third dive of the day. But, before we left, we got a picture of our dive boat. <br />
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</div>Our third dive site of the day was <a href="http://www.fishnfins.com/n/sites/Ngerchong.html">Ngerchong Outside</a>, which was the same coral garden we'd been to the day before, we just started on the other side. I really don't have any notable pics from this dive, except of course this one. :)<br />
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</div>So, we ended the day having a happy hour engagement party celebration at the bar at Sam's, with a few Red Rooster beers after diving. And then, we all got cleaned up and went back over to Sam's for dinner. We were so fortunate to be traveling with such a wonderful group of people that we could celebrate our engagement with!!Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10158607519708477734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742869394235398472.post-20975950372852009952011-04-10T20:27:00.000-07:002011-05-31T19:05:55.739-07:00Palau/Truk Trip Prep and Day 1 of DivingJust a few days after Christmas 2010, Dan and I decided to go on a diving trip to Palau and Truk Lagoon. Palau and Truk are located in Micronesia, which is in the Pacific Ocean. See the map I attached below. (Truk is part of the Federated States of Micronesia and not shown individually.)<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">We had known about this trip for a long time...almost a year, and really wanted to go, but didn't think it was financially responsible of us. Anyway, at the last minute we decided to make it work and take advantage of the opportunity. Next thing you know, we were leaving Minnesota on February 3rd, to spend a week in Palau, followed by a week in Truk.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>I had been to Palau in April/May 2006, when my friends Stef and Joe lived there. In fact, Palau was where I learned to dive! So, I was so excited to go back with Dan and make some memories together. <br />
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I knew Palau would be wonderful...the only catch being how long it would take us to get there. Dan and I left Los Angeles on February 4th in the morning and our flights were as follows: LA => Honolulu => Guam => Yap => PALAU! 36 hours later, we finally made it, and lost a day in the process as we crossed over the International Date Line. <br />
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We arrived to our hotel room in Palau around 2am the morning of February 6th, and immediately fell asleep. We woke up around 8am the next morning, very jet lagged. I remember waking up and saying that there was no way I would go diving, I just wanted to take a nap and be lazy. Well, 10 minutes later, Dan comes in and tells me that the whole group is going diving and I needed to be ready in 30 minutes...I was definately not a happy camper.<br />
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However, as soon as I was up and when the boat arrived to pick us up, I was so excited that I could hardly stand it. We were planning to do five days of diving with <a href="http://www.samstours.com/"><strong><span style="color: #3366cc;">Sam's Dive Shop</span></strong></a>. This was also the shop where I had gotten certified and couldn't wait to see if any of the people I had met before were still there! We got our gear together, and were told that our first dive site of the day would be <a href="http://www.fishnfins.com/n/sites/Virgin-Blue-Hole.html"><strong><span style="color: #3366cc;">Virgin Blue Holes</span></strong></a>. <br />
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On a side note, before we left for Palau, I totally geeked out on all the Palau diving info that I could find, and found this awesome dive shop that provides really detailed descriptions of the famous dive sites in Palau. So, for those of you diving junkies, I will include the links here so you can geek out too!!<br />
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So, when told we were be diving Virgin Blue Holes, my excitement climbed even more...this was one of Stef's favorite sites to dive, and I couldn't wait to see it for myself!! Meanwhile, we had an amazing drive through the Rock Islands out to the dive site. Some of the things we saw included: <br />
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</div>The water was truly the color pictured above. It was amazing! Plus, it was warm, like 85 degrees, which was such a treat considering we were coming from Minnesota! We were all in awe, and believe me, I was very glad I had gotten out of bed for this! <br />
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Virgin Blue Holes was a great first dive. We saw beautiful fish and turtles and even a shark. Since this was our first dive of the trip, we didn't bring our newly acquired dive camera, but really wished we would have had it along. <br />
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</div>After a nice lunch of a sushi bento, we got back on the boat, and we ended our first day of diving with a nice easy dive at a site named <a href="http://www.fishnfins.com/n/sites/Ngerchong-Inside.html">Ngerchong Inside</a>. This was a gentle dive over a beautiful coral garden, and we saw a lot of fish, including some really neat looking leaf fish and several large schools of fish.<br />
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We took the picturesque ride back through the Rock Islands to our hotel, the Sea Passion, which would be our home for the next week. The boat told us they would see us promptly at 8am the next day, and we all meandered off to try to get some much needed sleep.Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10158607519708477734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742869394235398472.post-51057216628104407532011-04-10T18:03:00.000-07:002011-04-10T18:03:54.715-07:00Welcome to our blog!Hi Everyone! Welcome to our blog! <br />
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I've been wanting to put together a blog since we got home from our Palau/Truk trip, so that we could share our pictures, videos and memories with you all. Plus, we have a lot of exciting stuff going on here, and just want to be able to share it with everyone. Here goes nothing!Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10158607519708477734noreply@blogger.com0