{"id":573891316,"date":"2019-07-11T19:12:32","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T23:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573891316"},"modified":"2019-07-24T12:07:11","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T16:07:11","slug":"more-dives-from-the-depths-of-roatan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2019\/07\/11\/more-dives-from-the-depths-of-roatan\/","title":{"rendered":"More dives from the depths of Roatan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Thursday was our last four-dive day of that trip. The Fourth, when you watched fireworks, I watched fish. While you looked up into the night sky, I looked up into the ocean on a rapid ascent trying to avoid jellyfish. While you ooohed and aaahed big percussive explosive, I enjoyed the quiet of a starry Caribbean night. There is nothing wrong with the July Fourth celebration, but there’s nothing wrong with trying something different, either.<\/p>\n

There is an accumulative effect, even at a recreational dive depths, of the pressure on the oxygen in your blood stream. By day five, which is what last Thursday was, most people are really starting to feel it. Nitrogen buildup makes you feel rather tired, they say. Plus it is a tiny bit more physical than you’d realize. But mostly it is the chemistry. <\/p>\n

I didn’t feel that, but by Thursday my ears and sinuses — delicate little features, to be sure — were wearing down. I have to clear my sinuses at least twice every atmosphere, like clockwork. If I can keep count I don’t have to even look at my depth gauge, I just usually know. And somewhere between dives 14 and 18 last Thursday they were beginning to voice their displeasure. <\/p>\n

But the diving continued to be great. The weather was pleasant. That big storm system brewing in the Gulf of Mexico kept the temperatures nice and mild for us. We had the roughest seas of our trip last Thursday on our morning dive and the water was barely moving. The whole week was like that, perfectly designed, pleasantly enjoyed. <\/p>\n

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We did our last night dive of the trip, but there’s no footage of that. We do, however, have more terrific footage taken from the first three dives of the day, and plenty of neat pictures below. (If this whole professorial thing doesn’t work out The Yankee might consider a career in the media.)<\/p>\n

(See that joke is funny because … hang on. ‘What’s that, hon? Yeah, you’re probably right. They probably know.<\/em>‘ Sorry. Anyway, yeah, that joke is funny.)<\/p>\n

To the video! And yes, there are more turtles to be seen here and below … <\/p>\n