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 ABOUTfeatured: 30 Best Snorkeling Blogs Fun Ways to enjoy the caribbeanAug 20, 09 Comments Off
 Elkhorn Coral New Growth Good evening readers of the Curacao blog. Aimee and I left the house at 8:30 and headed to our new dive site in front of the new proposed resort down by the Avila Hotel. I was hoping to run into my homeless guy but he was no where to be found and he knew I was coming this morning. We had a great dive this morning. Our first stop was at this really cool chunk of endangered Elkhorn Coral. This piece is ultra unique because the base is a chunk of Elkhorn that broke off from a bigger colony (out of the picture) and is now regrowing into a spectacular specimen of it’s own. One of the coolest things about this coral is that once a chunk breaks off for whatever reason it has the ability to start a new colony from that broken piece, this is such a perfect example!! You can also see a few little tropical fish that live in this piece and also we looked under it and it was filled with all kinds of cool little creatures as well! When we first arrived here I spotted a tiny pea sized trunkfish hiding here in a little cave. I will have to go back on Sunday with a different lens and try to find him, believe it or not this is possible. After investigating this area we continued our dive by swimming over to the edge of the reef but instantly realized someone had turned the current on high! Aimee and I were hovering right on the edge of a wall of current. I looked down the slope and saw all the gorgonians bent completely over and all the fish swimming in one direction, right into it! Her and I were pretty much kicking our fins but we really were not moving, it’s like an invisible workout machine! We kind of fought it for awhile but finally said enough and turned back around, Aimee just hovered above my head sitting Indian style with her legs crossed letting the current take her back, it was so funny to watch! So other than the crazy current it was a real fun dive, I saw a little sponge that I have to go back and shoot it’s so unusual!!
At 12:30 I had a doctors appointment while Aimee took a nap. At 4:30 I went for a long bike ride with a friend while Aimee took the dogs and her bike to Canoa for an evening of shell collecting. Aimee leaves for the States in about a week for her three week vacation and I am already stocking up on frozen food!!
See you tomorrow, Barry
20-8-2009
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