Capturing the Moment

At the surface read to dive Today I had the rare opportunity to make a dive in a submarine here in Oahu. Atlantis submarines offer a chance to join the exclusive 100foot club without being trained in scuba diving. I was invited to go for a ride along to check out the operation. I have seen this kind of submarine in action over in Maui. While I was scuba diving on the wreck of the Carthaginian this company's sub came and check out the same wreck. I could see the tourists inside snapping photos. Now I had the opportunity to see how the other side feels. It is pretty amazing. Plane wreck seen from the sub YO-257 wreck  The pilot, sitting up in front, does all the maneuvering by sight. He has a giant bubble windshield, and a co-pilot at the rear giving him distances. The narrator for the trip sits up front spouting off information about the underwater area and the fish. The sub deftly moves between quite a few wrecks strewn about the bottom. Old shells of airplanes, a Kore...

View from Isle of Hope Tybee's famous lighthouse   When in Savannah you should eat some good local seafood. But don't stop there. When I'm in Savannah I visit family, soak in the atmosphere of Tybee, go swimming in a marsh, wakeboard with friends, take early morning walks along bluff drive, go searching for wildlife, wrangle an alligator or two, and maybe, just maybe, I would find a ghost among the old buildings of historic downtown. My old stomping ground, Isle of Hope marshes Home of the mighty fiddler crabs Savannah wildlife around every corner View from the rooftop bar, Bohemian   I only had three days to show Heidi around my hometown and just a mere week myself, so this trip to Savannah was packed full. I was able to include a lot of my favorites from famous Tamarack waffles, to catching gators, and wake boarding with Ed. I was also able to show Heidi some of the finer points of growing up in the South. We had some quality marsh time with wak...