Sunday, February 22, 2009

Saturday's Adventure

On Saturday, Brad and I participated in the 28th Annual Avalon Harbor Underwater Clean-up on Catalina Island. We SCUBA dove in the harbor picking up trash. Along the way we saw, sea cucumbers, mantis shrimp, sheep head, Garibaldi, octopus, round sting ray, tube anemones, tube worms, scallops, kellets whelks, navanax and orange and white nudibranch (nudibranch's are my favorite type of sea creature). Exceptional trash that was collected; full in-tack outboard motors, dead rat, snorkel gear, barbie doll, surf trunks, blackberry, rosary beads, for sale sign, and a welcome mat. We really enjoyed the day on Catalina and under the water. Almost to Catalina At the ferry terminal My favorite building in the entire world, The Avalon Casino (which is not a casino, rather a movie theater, stage, and ballroom from the 1920's) Avalon Harbor The gear Almost ready to dive in The line up In the water For Laura: While eating dinner one night with Laura and family, she was trying to take a big bite of food. Brad told her if she closed her eyes her mouth could open even wider. So what does Laura do? Closes her eyes tight for a bigger bite. Hey Laura, if Brad closes his eyes really tight, do you think he could open his mouth wide enough for a bite of this burger?

2 comments:

Kitty said...

Does a dead rat really count as garbage?

Ms. G said...

Apparently, yes. And even wins a prize.