CALYPS3O
2007 Journal
Indiana
School for the Deaf
Indian Creek High School
Day
10, Friday, June 22, 2007
Sarah (ICHS)
The
Spiegel Grove was on all diver's minds this morning. Sunk June 10, 2002,
the 510 foot long ship laid at the bottom of the sea, just waiting for
some adventure. Although we all had an early morning, starting with
our 6:45 breakfast, I'm not sure if any of the students, including myself,
knew just what kind of dive we would be experiencing. Kailee and I caught
a quick nap against some air tanks on the way to the wreck while everyone
else squeezed into their wet wetsuits. As for an update on
our gear- it stunk. Period. However, we did not let that keep us from
enjoying the dive. The current caused some concern for me, but I had
not a doubt in my mind that Jimmy would keep safe. And he did. On the
way down to the Spiegel Grove I could tell this was going to be an exciting
dive. We finally made it to the bottom, and for the first time, the
fish weren't the main attraction. This ship stretched way beyond my
view. Swimming up to the super structure of the wreck was difficult
because of the current, but that didn't stop me from viewing the artifacts,
one of which was an old toilet! Twenty-two minutes after our descent,
we made our way back up the line to the surface.
On our second dive we were all able to work with our underwater navigation.
Counting kick cycles, timing our kick cycles, and using our compasses
underwater allowed everyone to gain their Advanced Open Water certification.
After the work was over, we had some time for play. Bill pointed out
a tired nurse shake, but of course Dave could not let it continue sleeping.
When that shark came straight for me, I figured it was time that my
dive experiences in Florida could safely come to an end. And with that,
the diving portion of CALYPSO is finished with a bunch of funny pictures
and some happy memories to last forever.
Shakaria
(ISD)
Today we had our last dive for this week. We went first
to dive the Spiegel Grove, a man-made artificial reef made from a sunken
ship. When it was first sank, it was turned on its side but Hurricane
Dennis turned it back pright. When I dove the Spiegel Grove, I could
feel a strong current against me so I tried to swim with my group. I
enjoyed the view of the ship. I could see through the inside of the
ship, but it was too dark to see inside the ship. When we went back
up, we had to first do a safety stop for 3 mins at 15 feet underwater.
We held on to the rope harder because the strong current pushed against
us and made us feel like we were floating up to surface. We could not
do without doing the safety stop. We arrived in the boat safely. We
went and did another dive learning how to do advanced underwater navigation
and counts of kick cycles. We did a pretty good job of learning advanced
navigation with swimming around in a triangle and a square just by using
our compass. We had to swim with headings of 0,90,180, and 270 degrees.
We understand how it works and you can use compass navigation to get
you back to where you started. I enjoyed my last day of diving.
More photos from the Aquarius
Ann with the statue of Buddha. Tyler uses his glowsticks as earrings
after the night dive.
ISD students
Indian Creek students
Our Scuba Instructors and Dive Masters
Emails
from home:
The
Adventure: Kailee,
As your great adventure nears the end, just remember you will have all
of the memories for a lifetime. I'm sure your Mom has been with you,
those soft warm winds on you cheek or neck were her kisses to tell you
how very proud she is of you and how very much she loves you. To Mrs.
Huckleberry, thank you so very much for the nightly logs and pictures,
we felt like we were there sharing every wonderful moment. Love you
Sweet Pea, Mamaw Connie
