All Good Things Must End

Even with a chemical oceanography exam two hours away, I can't seem to accept the fact that I'm sitting under fluorescent lights in my office in Stony Brook.   Maybe I'm just in a post-vacation state of withdrawal, but I'd have to say that the past week may very well have been the best in my life.  I can now agree with Alan, based on first-hand experience, that wake-boarding is one of the finest sports ever created.  We also managed to get in some incredible diving.  We dove on the Chikuzen, RMS Rhone, Marie L. & Pat at night, The Chimney, Santa Monica Rock, The Indians, and Shark Point.

While the scenery, diving and sailing was incredible, the greatest part of the week by far was spending time with my family (Brisbins and Browns), and making new friends.  The crews of the Nahema IV and Go Free were some of the friendliest, most talented and coolest people I've ever met.  Leaving Pascal, Delis, Aneshka, Patrice and Anna Maria behind was very hard.  Hopefully we'll stay in touch, and I'll be able to share my travels with them.  Who knows, maybe I'll need their help one day getting a job on a charter catamaran!

Most of my photos are underwater, but I'll be putting more and more up as I get them uploaded and organized.  Doug took a lot of really great HD video as well, so hopefully I'll be able to share some of that with you as well.  For now, you'll have to whet your appetite with some photos of our trip down to BVI.