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4/17/08: Connor, Dan and Paul on our first dive. |
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4/17/08: Peacock flounder |
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4/18/08: Jim just hanging around... |
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4/18/08: Caribbean Reef Shark |
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4/18/08: Blue parrotfish and a school of horse eye jack |
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4/18/08: Caribbean Reef Shark |
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4/18/08: Dan swimming with the jack |
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4/18/08: Dan watching the shark |
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4/18/08: Caribbean Reef Shark |
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4/18/08: Stingray foraging in the sand |
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4/18/08: The view from the hotel room |
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4/18/08: The view from the hotel room |
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4/19/08: Jim and Dan on the Sea Star 2 wreck |
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4/19/08: Dan on the wreck |
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4/19/08: The rudder and propeller |
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4/19/08: Jim on the wreck |
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4/19/08: Sea Star 2 wreck |
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4/19/08: The bow of the Sea Star 2 |
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4/19/08: Moonrise over the ocean as seen from our balcony |
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4/19/08: The infinity pool and swim-up bar at the hotel. |
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4/20/08: Jim, Paul, and Dan |
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4/20/08: Nice shallow reef dive |
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4/20/08: Stoplight parrotfish |
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4/20/08: Staghorn coral (or is it Elkhorn? I forget...) |
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4/20/08: Another nice moonrise |
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4/21/08: Another nice reef |
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4/21/08: Dan and I enjoyed a nice lunch of fresh lobster tail and beer at Billy Joe's shack on the beach. |
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4/22/08: Departing Freeport bound for the US. |
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4/22/08: Leaving West End, Grand Bahama behind and heading out over the ocean. |
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4/22/08: Landfall in the US - my hometown of Palm Beach. |
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4/22/08: Palm Beach and Peanut Island |
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4/22/08: Cape Canaveral: Space Shuttle launch pads, landing strip, and Vehicle Assembly Building. |
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4/22/08: Big thunderstorms on the way into New Orleans. |
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4/22/08: One of the bridges destroyed by Katrina being rebuilt. |
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4/22/08: Short final in to New Orleans Lakefront airport. |
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4/22/08: We beat the weather to the airport. |
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4/22/08: The courtyard at our hotel, The W Bourbon French Quarter |
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4/22/08: Dinner at The Gumbo Shop |
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4/23/08: A big church in New Orleans. |
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4/23/08: Thunderstorms on departure from New Orleans |
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4/23/08: Dodging thunderstorms |
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4/23/08: More thunderstorms |
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4/24/08: After a *wonderful* time in Austin again, we depart from Taylor Muni bound for Tucson. |
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4/24/08: Heading towards our fuel stop. |
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4/24/08: Fuel stop in exciting Pecos, TX. |
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4/24/08: The deserts of New Mexico. |
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4/25/08: Titan Missile Museum: the missile launch room. |
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4/25/08: Titan Missile Museum: The cableway between the launch room and the missile |
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4/25/08: Titan Missile Museum: the Titan missile |
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4/25/08: Titan Missile Museum: the silo. |
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4/25/08: Titan Missile Museum: external antennas |
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4/25/08: Titan Missile Museum: The exit. |
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4/25/08: Titan missile and silo |
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4/25/08: Departing Tucson International |
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4/25/08: Crossing the Colorado River westbound. |
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4/25/08: The Hollywood sign |
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4/25/08: Downtown Los Angeles |
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4/26/08: Our last meal together: breakfast at the rooftop pool of our hotel. |
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4/26/08: Santa Monica on departure. |
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