Day 6: Under The Sea

Day 6:

No Road Time

0 Miles

Narcosis Dive Shop: We arrive at the dive shop at 6:30 in the morning. It's still dark out and there's no one around. We begin to get scared that we will miss the boat, but eventually the dive instructor shows up. 

On the boat: We board the boat and head out to sea. We have to drive for about 45 minutes to reach water that is deep enough to dive in. The crew consists of the captain, the dive instructor, on other diver, and ourselves. We are asked to turn off all GPS systems to keep the dive spots a secret. 

Dive Spot #1 (Sunken Ship): We go down for the first dive. Visibility is about 30' and the water is 87 degrees. The wreck is pretty interesting, looks like a huge cargo ship. Lot of interesting fish swim by. We're able to stay down for about a half an hour before our air runs out.

Dive Spot #2 (The Reef): The second dive spot we're able to stay down for 40 minutes. We see a lot of cool fish in the reef. The dive instructor has a spear gun and we watch her spear a fish. The fish turns out to be too small to keep so she throws it back. 

 

Hampton Inn: Nap time while we wait for Mike's pictures to develop. I love naps.

Clearwater Beach: We search for an Outback steakhouse that I had found on my phone, but it turns out to be out of business. I guess the internet doesn't work for everything. There is not much open at 10:00 in Clearwater. It takes us a while but finally we find a place called the Crab Shack. We decide to head in for some crabby patties. 

Dairy Queen: Mike tries to get some more ice cream from Dairy Queen but they close early. I guess this is a city that sleeps.