ScubaRoo Trip

Black Friday found the O's not at the malls shopping for bargains but rather, out on the open water of the Philippine Sea. A couple of months ago Drew had won a gift certificate for 4 people to spend an afternoon out on a ScubaRoo boat trip. It was a beautiful, sunny day. We were at the dock by the appointed time of 1pm. We waited for a few other families and a couple of Japanese tourist groups to arrive. By 1:30 we were on our way. Once we passed through the channel markers we headed out to the front of the boat to catch the breeze and enjoy the ride.

Nate and Drew clearly enjoying their time on the boat.  (Don't mind the date on the photo~Scott pulls out the batteries from the underwater camera each time we use it!) 

After approximately an hour boat ride we came upon a pod of dolphins. What a surprise! There were nearly 30 dolphins swimming around our boat. It was beautiful!   Take a look....

Once everyone had taken as many photos as they wanted the captain turned the boat around and we headed back for the harbor. Time to untie the banana boat! The boys were really excited! Here we are hanging on for dear life.....

After everyone rode the banana boat we pulled into the harbor and dropped anchor.  A handful of Japanese tourists were suited up to scuba dive.  The rest of us jumped off the back of the boat and snorkeled.   The boat crew threw out pieces of hot dog to bring out a few more fish.  We spent an hour snorkeling and relaxing on the boat until the divers came back to the surface.  We pulled back into the dock by 4:30pm.  What a great day!  Drew kept reminding us to thank him for taking us along.  Thank You Drew!!!

This is a sample of what we saw.....

For those of you who are wondering where Lily was, not to worry.  She spent the day with her Nina and Ninu (Carlene and Steve).  They played with the neighbor's Little Tikes car, took a ride in the stroller, and had ice cream!