Key Largo

We're going diving! We arrived at Key Largo yesterday which is known for it's spectacular diving. So today we went ashore and had a little orientation of the dive sites from a dive shop. We then purchased our own dive tanks to go along with all the rest of the gear we purchased at Christmas. Unfortunately, the dive shop that we were at (right at the place we dinghyed ashored to) didn't sell tanks, so we walked a couple of miles to a huge dive shop which did sell tanks. The only problem with this senario was that we had two extremely heavy tanks to lug back. Luckily, when we inquired about a taxi, there was another cruiser in earshot who overheard us and her husband came in the store and asked if we wanted a ride. Well, YAH! And even more lucky, they are very experienced divers and were also planning to dive at the same spot that we plan to dive at tomorrow. They also offered to bring us to the grocery store if we needed - which we ALWAYS do. It's amazing how quickly we go through our provisions. Chet and Donna also live abourd their 47' trawler (with their two dogs). They are holed up here for a while Key Largo for a month or so getting ready for their trip to the Bahamas. So they are at a slip and they bought a car while they're here.

So now, we only to need to refill the tanks after each use instead of renting tanks every time we go.

I will upload pictures of us diving as soon as they become available. I promise it will be very interesting! We also ate at a cute little tiki bar and restaurant for lunch.

OMG - Yikes! Gotta go. Something big is coming . . . (Wed. eve. 7 pm - ish)