As part of our trip on the SeaVenture.  We stopped at DePalm Island to Snuba.  For Christmas last year, Mom & Dad bought me a real underwater camera with a flash.  This was something I decided I really wanted after how much money I spent last year on disposable underwater cameras where the photos do not turn out.

Snuba is a combination of scuba diving and snorkeling.  You have the tank like in scuba, but it is left on the surface of the water in a raft.

You & three others (in this case the four of us) are "hooked" to the raft by your air hoses, which are about 20 feet long.  The issue here is getting tangled up in each other's hoses.

We did that alot.  Mom & I were closterphobic, and dad had too many weights on - so he kept sinking to the bottom.

By the time our guide (did I mention you get a guide in full scuba gear?) said it was time to go in - all of us but Rich were EXHAUSTED - Rich ended up "pulling" us all to shore with that power kick of his!

Needless to say, I learned this stuff is not for me - (although I love the fact of taking photos underwater) - and Rich realized he'd like to learn to scuba.  We'll see what happens in the 2002 trip!
 

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