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Category Archives: Florida Snorkel 2011

Florida Snorkel, Day 5 – A Dive, A Quarry, and Feeding Tarpons

Thursday, July 21 – Day 5 We started our day at 8:00am by loading on the boats and setting off once again to a location unknown to us. Again it was a perfect day, barely any clouds in the sky and a nice breeze as we set off across the water and through the mangrove [...]

Florida Snorkel, Day 4 – Dolphins, Fish, and Birds

Wednesday, July 20 – Day 4 Today we went to the Captain Tom’s Ship Wreck. Everybody woke up early this morning and we headed out to sea. On our way to the shipwreck we noticed some dolphins up ahead of us, so we decided to take a pit stop. Everybody immediately jumped into the water [...]

Florida Snorkel, Day 3 – “The water was crystal clear”

Tuesday, June 19 – Day 3 Our second day of diving was a lot of fun. We had to travel through a channel in a mangrove to get out to the reef and the dive site. The water was crystal clear and glassy. Even when the water got to 35 feet deep we could see [...]

Florida Snorkel, Day 2 – The Spanish Shipwreck of 1715

Monday, July 18 – Day 2 This was our first day out snorkeling, so we went to a beginner level place to start. We were at the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park this was the perfect place for us. ­­­Since everybody hasn’t been snorkeling before this was a great place for people to get [...]

Florida Snorkel, Day 1 – Welcome to Florida!

Sunday, July 17 – Day 1 Welcome to the Marine Ecology Summer Bridge Program! Today many of you put your son or daughter on a flight to Florida, where they will have experiences so foreign to their routine that you can’t help but wonder how they will fare. Well, they arrived with Dr. Bruening right [...]

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