Location: Savanna Bay, Virgin Gorda
We woke up from a rainy night in savannah bay to clear skies. Simon and Rooks got started on muffins and scrambled eggs; the muffins were buss. After we got breakfast picked up, we sailed to the sand circles for our first navigation dive. Before we dove, we had our compass review, where Alicia blinded herself with a rash guard. We prepped our dive, planning each detail out with our staff. As we secured our tanks and regulators, we formed our buddy groups, Scott and Niko, Rhiannon and Ryan, Andrew and Rooks, Trey and Shay, Alicia and Mireille, and Simon and Me (Lucas). We practiced our reciprocal patterns by counting our kick cycles and then went in a perfect square twice. Bianca, Griffin, Simon, and I all saw a pretty well-sized stingray moving across the sandy depths. As we surfaced and washed out our ears, Event Horizon set sail back to savannah bay for lunch and our second “dive.”
In Savannah, we all had excellently prepared chicken salad sandwiches (no ketchup). Following our sandwiches, we redid our dive gear for some rescue scenarios. Between Simon’s screaming and Griffin’s terrifying re-enacting, we had a solid learning experience. Of course, before the practice, Scott double-applied sunscreen waited the exact amount of time for it to dry, then put on his buff, sunsuit, and wetsuit, AKA no sunburn. Following the dive, Shay failed many backflips, along with Scott, Niko, and I. Ryan, Scott, Simon, and Niko decided that it was an excellent idea to use a slingshot to launch my football 250 feet out from the event horizon ( I recovered it). After my excellent recovery, Alicia brought out a beach ball and four water guns (most likely less by this trip is over), and we nearly lost the beach ball five times. We had a short shower and quick fresh water rinse. Simon still lacks shampoo, towels, or body wash, I let him use mine because I’m chill like that. During the shower, a giant barracuda decided to say hello. Following showers, Mireille chastised my spilling of raisins. Simon and Rooks made an expert Vegetarian chili with no ketchup. During cooking, we decided to launch a head of lettuce at Good Times. After a quick cleanup, we will do our nav dive videos and eat some brownies. No engine breakdowns happened.
—LC
Hi Mom and Dad, I’m alive still. -Also LC
Shoutout Angie Watson Auggie Auggie Oogie -Alicia