Come Dive with me in Thailand!

It's summer time and I wish I was diving. Here's the dive photographer's pictures of the first day of diving we spent in Phuket.  Notice how green and murky the water seems. That's what Michael calls, "vis" or visibility. Contrast the murk with the clear, blue underwater pictures my husband took in Grand Cayman that I posted earlier. 

The cool thing about diving in Thailand is the stunning soft corals. The photographer gave us photos he took with a strobe, too. I'll share some of those tomorrow. But for today . . . hop on the boat. It's leaving. Let's get wet.

 

 

Okay, enough sight-seeing. Time for the dive briefing. Get ready, get set, DIVE!!

My hubby and I as the dive begins. Notice the vis isn't too bad yet because the sunlight can still penetrate.

But as we got down to the wreck, this is what it looked like:

Yep. That's me.

I'm on the right. Notice my awesome streamlining!

That's me on the left this time. More awesome streamlining! If you flail your arms and let your equipment float around you, it wastes energy and creates drag. You've got to get that tank of air to last. Conserve!

Darn. The dive is over. They always end too soon. 

Tune in tomorrow for fantastic shots of soft corals and what happened on our second day diving on that trip.

A FINAL IMAGE FROM TAKEN BY STORM

This is the last image I'll share from TAKEN BY STORM. I'll start posting UNBROKEN CONNECTION pictures tomorrow.

This is the Spokane Temple at night--like it would have looked when Michael and Leesie stood in the snow looking at it when they cut out of the dance. I hope you can feel the peace of it. Cue the snowflakes! Can you imagine them standing there staring up it?

My brother, David Wolf, also took this photo for me. Beautiful work, isn't it?

FL KEYS SHOTS AND ESCRIBIENDO

Good morning! The tour today goes to Venezuela for an interview with Nyra at Escribiendo. My Latin readers and bloggers have been some of the most loyal. Thanks, Nyra, for the interview and supporting the tour. I'm impressed with how well you all read and write English, but I'm holding out hopes for Spanish editions. We got into Brazil. Maybe the Spanish market is next!

Here's a few more shots of the Florida Keys. The Keys are a chain of islands tied together with a highway down the middle. This is the typical scene as you drive anywhere!

This was taken from Seven Mile Bridge of what's left of Flagler's Railroad.

Another shot of the railroad. Flagler had this great idea to tie the islands together with a railroad. People called it Flagler's Folly.

Typical Keys tourist shop. Makes it fun!

Michael's Condo and Mandy's Dolphins

We're still in Florida. I wish I had Belize pictures, but I've never been there. I researched, researched, researched that part of the book. Here's Michael's Condo at Hawk's Cay Resort on Duck Key, FL.

Have I ever told you about Mandy? As soon as Michael and Leesie got to Florida, she burst onto the page. Total surprise. I didn't know she was coming. Her and those dolphins. What a hand full! I had to go back and work her into the rest of the book.

This is our condo--I gave it to Michael.

Here's the canal we backed on to.

Here's those dolphins!

This is the door Leesie couldn't get open was she tried to escape from the Mandy confrontation.

More of the resort . .  . I don't have a good picture of the original hotel. But these will help take you there.