It hasn't been a good day until you've used a few acronyms, so I started right out with a few good ones. Let's discuss in greater depth:
SCUBA: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Aparatus. Before the Christmas break (Dec 17 we'll say) I took a one day boat trip. As far as sea life goes, it was excellent. On the way to Anacapa island, we happened upon a pod of dolphins. They put on a bit of a show for us, leaping from the water and swimming in the boat's bow wake. They left us before we arrived at the first dive site, however; no diving with the dolphins. Sea lions awaited us instead. On the first dive, three to five sea lions accompanied us on the descent, performing summersaults and corkscrews and the like for our entertiainment. Then on the ascent, they brought some of their friends (15 to 20 total) for a grand escort. More summersaults and a few blown bubbles amused us on our return to the boat. On the third dive, we also saw an octopus. Cool! There were also plenty of spiny California Lobsters, but we couldn't eat them (State Game Preserve and all).
PCS: Permanent Change of Station. Some of you may have heard (others not) that a move is upon me. Theoretically, I will hear sometime in or before March 06 what my next assignment will be. I will most likely have to report to that assignment between June and September 06.
BWCA: Boudary Waters Canoe Area. We all know about this grand place. If I were to have it my way (and I should), we would plan our BWCA trip around my PCS timeframe so that I could stop on by on my way (using a bit of leave and a couple of my travel days) to visit the BWCA and yous guys. I guess I'll just keep you informed on what those dates are.
Well, that is all the excitement that I can handle for one entry.
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
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