Small Living, Big Life

Our first dive site of the day was my second attempt at getting to see the Hilma Hooker. I’m super happy to report that I was able to equalize my left ear this time (after a bit of coaxing) and we were able to make it down to check out the shipwreck. The history of … Continue reading Escape The Winter Trip 2020: Day 10

First things first, it was GROUNDHOG DAY! From what we gathered, the hog didn’t see his shadow when they pulled him from his hole. Good for us, kinda shitty for him, because he was probably sleeping… I also think that Groundhog Day is one of Josh’s least favorite days. Probably because I like to celebrate … Continue reading Escape The Winter Trip 2020: Day 9

This morning, we said goodbye to the Week 1 crew who headed back to the Central PA arctic tundra this morning and then we did a quick thankfulness check for being able to spend another week in paradise. Then, we decided it was time to DIVE! After a quick check for our tanks, we loaded … Continue reading Escape The Winter Trip 2020: Day 8

I picked the dive spots for this morning because I had two tasks that I had on my radar to try to accomplish. First, an Instagram acquaintance (SV The Kraken) had seen a seahorse at one of the dive sites a few days prior.  Since seahorses are kind of the unicorns of Bonaire, so, I … Continue reading Escape The Winter Trip 2020: Day 7

Earlier in the week, the guys signed up to take the PADI Lionfish Hunter Distinctive Specialty course and today was the day! The course covered some theory and classroom work and then encompassed two dives – a shore dive at 18th Palm and a boat dive at Klein Bonaire. The Lionfish Hunter course involved getting … Continue reading Escape The Winter Trip 2020: Day 6

We got a bit of a late start on the day, but, decided to make our first dive of the day at Hidden Beach. Hidden Beach is an unmarked dive site. The coast consists of coral stones, where you will find no beach, hence the name of this dive site. Among other seacritters, we saw … Continue reading Escape The Winter Trip 2020: Day 5