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Frank that’s cool as hell and I’m pretty sure I’d be scared.

Duh, yes, it's east of Miami.  Here's the island from the sea plane.  It's like 5 miles long and 700' wide.  Told the wife i could hit a golf ball over the island. It'd only be an 8 iron. Maybe a 7 if it's in the wind and I have a bad lie in the sand. Maybe.

I wish I could be a snow bird and spend these months down in Florida. I get to work from home so I could probably pull it off but the wife still has to go in for a 9-5.

Great photos btw. Enjoyed them all.

By the way, Frank, I wonder how many youngsters go “da plane “ reference. Lol.

ok, couple more. This is a nurse shark. They're like dogs at a dinner table - just looking for scraps leftover what the hammerheads drop. They'll lay right next to you. Then you bop them in the head to move away, so they'll back up a few feet, only to sneak back up next to you. I bet I could have made it roll over and rub it's belly. They're harmless.

DWags wrote: By the way, Frank, I wonder how many youngsters go “da plane “ reference. Lol.

I'm sure it went right over Dendro's head lol

DWags wrote: By the way, Frank, I wonder how many youngsters go “da plane “ reference. Lol.

I got it but because of another show referencing the original

Frank Ricard wrote:

DWags wrote: By the way, Frank, I wonder how many youngsters go “da plane “ reference. Lol.

I'm sure it went right over Dendro's head lol

Dendro's reflexes are too quick. Nothing would get over her head.

I'm too young for it but I think everyone knows of Fantasy Island.

Frank if you run into a Great White, just flip it over on its back, google 'tonic immobility'

Now this is the fucker you should be scared of. Bull shark. Hammerheads, reef sharks, nurse sharks don't think as you as food, unless you stick a hand or something they could grab as food right next to their mouths. Bull and tiger sharks can attack, but even then, 99.88% of the time, they'll swim right by you without even noticing you. Most shark attacks are from bull sharks.

Tiger sharks will also bite, but they never charge you. They'll approach you realslow and nonchalant, then...... BAM! The 2 shark dives we did the Tiger sharks never came by - they're shy by nature. But the divers the next day had one come by and 'sniff' around. Trust me, I was more cautious around the bull shark. Keep things in close lol.

Frank Ricard wrote:

Now this is the fucker you should be scared of. Bull shark. Hammerheads, reef sharks, nurse sharks don't think as you as food, unless you stick a hand or something they could grab as food right next to their mouths. Bull and tiger sharks can attack, but even then, 99.88% of the time, they'll swim right by you without even noticing you. Most shark attacks are from bull sharks.

Tiger sharks will also bite, but they never charge you. They'll approach you realslow and nonchalant, then...... BAM! The 2 shark dives we did the Tiger sharks never came by - they're shy by nature. But the divers the next day had one come by and 'sniff' around. Trust me, I was more cautious around the bull shark. Keep things in close lol.

Jesus Frank, did you snap that?!?!

For some reason, the last picture got cropped a bit of the bull shark. Here's he is from a little further away. They look like a mini-great white.

Yep, all pictures are from my underwater camera.  YOLO.  The goddamn thing stopped working right after this.  We went on some coral reef dives too, but couldn't take pictures.  Brand new camera we got this summer right after we completed our certifications.

I actually took scuba lessons 35 years ago in IM West pool.  Was going to get certified back then, go to Australia and dive with the Great Whites.  But got married, had kids, had no money, had no time, put kids through college and now 35 years later, FINALLY got to do it!

Frank Ricard wrote:Yep, all pictures are from my underwater camera. YOLO. t!

But you can extend said life by avoiding certain things.

Seriously though, very cool outing.

Almost noon. Stretches of 131 (about 2 miles west of my place). Are still being closed due to accidents.

It’s -3 according to the WeatherUndergound guy whose equipment is about 1/4 mile from me.
Windchill around -25-to -30 with 10-15 mph.

Can’t see the houses across the road that are 50 yards away.

I’m a wuss. Did storm of the century shopping at Costco and Meijer Saturday and except for starting the cars and blowing snow away from cars it’s been a Irish Coffee with breakfast, comfort food, streaming TV and Irish Coffee nightcaps

A few phone calls to customers who are hunkered down at home too.

The reef dive (no sharks around for that) was scarier. Rough waters with strong underwater currents and when I began the descent, about 15 feet down, I knocked the regulator out of my mouth. SHIT! Thankfully, the one thing that they train you over and over and over again is reg retrieval. Sometimes I felt like I had the reg out of my mouth more than I did in it during dive school. So that training quickly came back and retrieved the reg without missing a beat. But for a split second, that unnerved me and I went through air much quicker than I did in the shark dives. Really struggled fighting the currents. Was way more uptight on this 'safer' reef dive than the shark dives.

MSU closed tomorrow, as well.

The ocean is warmer than my pool according to my daughter.

Why doesn’t windchill affect my car? I don’t get it.

InTenSity wrote:The ocean is warmer than my pool according to my daughter.

she's a smart young lady.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

InTenSity wrote:The ocean is warmer than my pool according to my daughter.

she's a smart young lady.

Well she went in both of them. I know our pool is cold, so didn't want to get in, and I hate having wet sand on my feet, so I didn't wade into the ocean either. She's 6 and doesn't care.

InTenSity wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote: she's a smart young lady.

Well she went in both of them. I know our pool is cold, so didn't want to get in, and I hate having wet sand on my feet, so I didn't wade into the ocean either. She's 6 and doesn't care.

Sand, in general, gives me the heebie jeebies.

I love my commute on days school is closed. Too bad everyone doesn't just homeschool!

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

InTenSity wrote:
Well she went in both of them. I know our pool is cold, so didn't want to get in, and I hate having wet sand on my feet, so I didn't wade into the ocean either. She's 6 and doesn't care.

Sand, in general, gives me the heebie jeebies.

Just think of sand as tiny rocks held together and on your feet by the surface tension of water, Bob.

tGreenWay wrote:

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:

Just think of sand as tiny rocks held together and on your feet by the surface tension of water, and occupied by thriving, active, microorganisms, Bob.

Yet another friendly Amendment.

Bah, there are microorganisms all over your body all the time. Whatever.

Think about that tonight as you drift off to sleep.

Frank Ricard wrote:

DWags wrote: By the way, Frank, I wonder how many youngsters go “da plane “ reference. Lol.

I'm sure it went right over Dendro's head lol

I used to watch fantasy island as a kid

I would love to be swimming with the sharks. I was bummed when we didn’t see any in the Great Barrier Reef. But fuck being by the bull sharks!

Robert J Sakimano wrote:MSU closed tomorrow, as well.

Damn, kids have it so easy today.

tGreenWay wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote: she's a smartass young lady. Six-year-old’s criticism of daddy’s tight-ass wallet for not heating the pool.

Friendly Amendment for a more reflective truth.

You'd expect a heated pool in Miami. What are you, 80?

tGreenWay wrote:

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:

Bah, there are microorganisms all over your body all the time. Whatever.

Think about that tonight as you drift off to sleep.

Meh, I don’t mind the all-night dead flesh smorgasbord. I do ask Mrs. GreenWay to perform a slow, thorough, up-close search for ticks.

Doesn't count if she doesn't eat them:

Dendrobates wrote:I would love to be swimming with the sharks. I was bummed when we didn’t see any in the Great Barrier Reef. But fuck being by the bull sharks!

Did you see any of these?  Called a maori wrasse and can grow up to 2 meters long.  Not meat eaters but just being in the water with something that weird looking and big would freak me out.  Pic of my daughter diving the Reef on her first cruise gig