I got up this morning with the full intention of hanging out on the beach and trying snorkeling for the first time in my life. I went to Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve. It is a beautiful place with turquoise blue water around the coral reefs. It was a volcano at one point in history nut … Continue reading My Last Day and Night in Hawai’i
Adventure
Open Water Training
On Monday the 13th I started my second class, which was training to operate a boat in the ocean. In it we learned charting a course, using a GPS, how to read weather conditions, and more. This day was spent in the classroom doing exercises on these things and more. Day two was spent in … Continue reading Open Water Training
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Pearl Harbor, Pt. 2
Today I went back to Pearl Harbor to see the rest of the things I had not seen yet. First, I went through the displays and stopped to read some things more closely. I watched a film about the attack. It was really a surprise attack of epic proportions. Afterwards, I went to the Arizona … Continue reading Pearl Harbor, Pt. 2
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Final Day of MOCC
Well... today is the day. Several things in my future depend on this day going really good and having a good outcome. Besides the potential embarrassment, it could keep me off the island and force me to look for a gig elsewhere. Today we did a little bit of classroom work first thing in the morning, … Continue reading Final Day of MOCC
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MOCC Day 2
The second day of class we did a little more bookwork in the morning and then we went out to practice some maneuvers in boats in the harbor. It was a little challenging because the wind picked up a little bit. We were put into teams of three people and we practiced some rescue techniques out … Continue reading MOCC Day 2
Journey and Destination 