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And here's the obligatory photo that you always have taken whenever you go diving with someone you know! (I love this photo!)
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Yay, diving!
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Getting ready to swim between two big coral mountains.
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And we're off to explore!
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...and made it to the bottom with no ear problems!
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Ready to meet some rays!
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Meredith ended up liking the Stingray City dive so much she decided to come along with me for a reef dive the next morning! Suited up!
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In the drink! Mer getting ready to settle into the shallow sand of the Stingray City Dive site.
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...and I talked Meredith into trying scuba diving again! She had given it a shot during our accidental vacation to Jamaica, but had a lot trouble getting her ears to equalize - which is really painful - and so she was a little hesitant to try it again. But after I told her about the shallow dive at Stingray City where you get to pet, friendly, Muppety stingrays, she decided to give it another shot! Here she is suited up and about to dive in!
After a few more passes, Meredith had gotten used to the stingrays and was feeding them and petting them like a seasoned pro! The creatures are so big and heavy (they must easily weigh 100+ lbs!) it takes a while to figure out how to feed them without getting knocked over when they get friendly and swim into you!
Here's a vid of Mer feeding one for the first time