Great barrier reef and back

Woke up early and had our toast and coffee. Wavelength picked us up at 8 am and drove us down to the docks.

We were asked who got sea sick and a few hands went up, but laurie and I thought we would be fine. I guess surfing helps out, since you are always rocking on your board.

We take off and the seas are little rough, i felt a little queasy , but only when i look back into the boat. Laurie was running around the boat, hanging out up top, on the front, and she brought her A game sea legs. We were handed our fins, mask and these little sun suits which we both loved. Took about an hour and forty minutes to reach the first spot.

We dove in. Laurie and I took off together and we were in a whole new world. The reef look great and the day was windy, but with clear skies. Very good visibility. The coral was beautiful and we saw the little nemo fish and the parrot fish, and angel fish, and giant clams. We kept pulling at each others fins to point something out.

We got back on board for coffee and muffins.
Next spot had a giant fish waiting for us. THey called it a maori fish. THis huge green blue fish was so personable. He just hung out near us and would swim around us. He took an instant liking to laurie , who took an instant liking to the fish. She is now talking about getting a maori fish one day. We have some great pictures with are new friend. This spot had even better coral, and we explored the different chunks of coral.

Back on board we had lunch. buffet style. Laurie not liking buffet lunches where people could touch things, opted for packaged crackers and tea. I ate her portion.
Next spot had turtles and sharks. I got caught in a current and taken far away from the ship. I looked up and i was all by myself. whoops.

We got back on board and headed back. On the boat we met two Canadians from vancouver island. One carlo looked just like anthony. We are set to meet up with them again later in the summer when we go surf tofino. We had beers with them and invited over the captain JR and the marine biologist Mike for beers. We drank beers for about two hours and made a plan to meet carlo for dinner.
The captain JR runs a boat to swim with whales in august. Laurie wants to come back and swim with mink whales now. He was so nice and offered to store laurie's surf board while we headed up to cape tribulation and the daintree.
Dinner was at a little thai restraunt. FOod was ok. My favorite was when i asked for one large soup for the three of us. INstead he brought three large soups for each of us. Thats a 16 dollar for one and 48 dollar for three mistake. I was good in a good mood, so we did not say anything. SOup was good, not 50 bucks good. but good.

said goodnight to carlo and then drove to the gas station , since laurie was craving chocolate ice cream. went through a drunk driving check point. glad i did not have a beer with dinner. Got home and continued our ping pong battle. we ended up tied 5-5 in games, but i call that a success against laurie aggasi miller.