Yes, yes!

Diving yesterday was GREAT! 

There were two dives. The first one was to a place called Barracuda Rock, and I (Brooke) totally chickened out. The dive started at about 60' deep, straight down off a boat; there was a strongish current, we hadn't been diving for weeks, and I just said, "um, nope!" ... I got all the way down to the bottom and decided I'd had enough. I was proud of myself for making my feet touch the bottom there, but I had no desire to go any further. No shame in that!

Nick, being less of a chicken, finished the dive; but he told me I hadn't missed anything - too bad, because there were rumored to be sea turtles, little sharks, barracuda and other interesting creatures down there. But (in my opinion), unless there are creatures like that (or a shipwreck or something else unusual), diving at that depth is not very interesting: everything is blue so you can't see colors or details well.  Of course, for most divers, 60' is a shallow dive, or at least not a particularly deep dive. But at 60', you can't get out of the water right away if you need to, and that's how *I* would define a deep dive. 

The second dive was inside of the protected area of Apra harbor (if Guam is shaped like a sock, that would be the heel).  It was a slow easy descent, down through coral steps that looked like a terraced garden, to a maximum depth of about 50'; then back up, slowly, along the coral shelves. That was truly totally awesome: shallow and clear enough to see all of the beautiful colors of the coral and fish.  That one lasted about 45 minutes and we only ended it because we were out of air! 

So, next time, somehow, I promise I will find a way to take a camera down and get some photos of the world below.