Nudi Gal: Air 2 Déjà vu

I woke up to the power being out again. It seems like it happens about once a day. If Uri is awake then he switches us to the backup generator. But this morning we are not on it yet. The weird thing is that the WiFi is still working.

I walked over to the common area and its power is fine. There is just something wrong with Bungalow Three. Later in the morning the power was working again. Who knows?

I had to do a software update for my Mac which is always tricky when I’m on a trip, but it went through pretty well, even on this WiFi.

Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving. There are five Americans at the resort right now. Two guys from San Diego and a couple from Oregon and me. I don’t think there will be any turkey on the menu.

The two mucky morning dives were on fire. Totally fan-tab-ulous.

After lunch I jumped the house reef. OMG. What a dive. First I found a beautiful sea rose on the mooring. It was really calm so I decided to meander over to the second mooring where I found a Goniobranchus fidelis. I was taking lots of pictures when a sea krait swam right up under me. Gah! I was pretty calm about it though and still took a few more nudi shots. Then I started to inch my way back to the main trench when I came across a Glossodoris sp. 4. OMG, so gorgeous and out on top of a rock. I took a few pictures and then decided to snoot it. Even though I was alone, I made it a point of trying to be calm and organized in setting up for the shot. I think I got a few good ones. As I was putting everything back together I noticed just a little stream of bubbles coming out of my Air 2. Damn the Air 2. I had some issues last year as well. Air 2 Déjà vu. Oh man. I decided to hit the purge. Bad idea. It started free flowing. Argh. Well, I wasn’t loosing air that fast so I was still able to do a good safety stop. Then at the surface, I played with it and it seemed to be fine. I still had Uri look at it with me. We took it apart and cleaned and reseated it. It seems to be OK, but I am going to let Nikko know anyway.

At the beginning of the dive I found a Spanish Dancer under a cement block but it was so far under I couldn't get a picture. I called Nikko over to help, but it was no use. The thing crawled under further. Do I count this one or not?

At dinner we had BANANA ice cream. OMG. It was so good. I am totally getting the recipe and the machine they have to make it.

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