Lawrence J. Martin

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Lawrence J. Martin

Husband to a the best wife anyone could hope for - father to three fantastic kids - pilot by trade, vocation and devotion - diver by hobbies desire - left handed by the grace of God and thankful for all of the above!



North America » United States » Florida » Keys » Key Largo June 24th 2010

Tonight it was key lime pie at Mrs. Mac's Diner. Karen rated the pie at only 5.5. It just wasn't as good as the others. More later. -Happy Diving... read more

North America » United States » Florida » Keys » Key Largo June 23rd 2010

We dove today! The weather cooperated a little more today than the past two days. While the seas were a little calmer, only 2-4 foot swells, the visibility had deteriorated some. I at least have some pictures of Karen and Katy in the water. I also will post one of the dive boat to show how it was pitching quite a bite while attached to the mooring line. At least we all made two dives today the first 35 minutes and the second 45 minutes and both down to about 30 feet. Tomorrow will be our last dive day so hopefully it will be calmer still. There were supposed to be storms rumble through here today, but so far that hasn't happened. Well we need to get cleaned up and ready for dinner. Tonight we are ... read more
Katy
Karen and Katy
Katy

North America » United States » Florida » Keys » Key Largo June 23rd 2010

The hunt continues for the best key lime pie in Key Largo. This evening we had dinner with the rest of the dive group at Hobo's. The food was good, not great. The portion size was enormous. I had a salad that must have been served on a trash can lid! After dinner Karen, the key lime pie expert tried Hobo's version. The presentation was a little lacking after Ballyhoo's version, and the taste also didn't quite measure up earning Hobo's key lime pie a 5 out of 10. At least we are being productive on this trip. - Happy Diving... read more

North America » United States » Florida » Keys » Key Largo June 22nd 2010

Dive 1 is in the books, sort of. We awoke to a beautiful sunny sky and warm temps. While we were waiting in the lobby for the group we overheard people commenting on the weather forecast and the sea swells. We also noticed that some of the boats had cancelled their trips. This didn't bode well for us. When we arrived at the boat and got everything loaded the captain did confirm that there were 4 to 6 foot swells and that the original spot we were supposed to dive had poor visibility so a second spot was now planned. The trip took 30 minutes to arrive at the new location and it was indeed ROUGH! By the time we got anchored Karen was hugging the trash can in no condition to dive. She insisted ... read more
Eager Divers
Marcus

North America » United States » Florida » Keys » Key Largo June 22nd 2010

We are getting ready to turn in for the evening as we are to meet the group at 7am to make our way to the dock. Weather permitting we are scheduled for two dives tomorrow morning. I'm not sure just where yet, but anywhere would be fine. I have attached two picks of our dinner. We ate at Ballyhoo's this evening which is a very nice very small seafood restaurant that is popular with the locals. Karen and I both had dishes based on red snapper. Katy on the other hand decided, as is pictured, to have a meal from the farthest place possible away from Key Largo so she had snow crabs from Alaska. I must admit though that they were very good. I must give a special nod to the jalapeno corn bread ... read more
Key Lime Pie

North America » United States » Florida » Keys » Key Largo June 21st 2010

We have arrived in Key Largo. We were able to fly into Tamiami Airport just south of Miami and only had about an hour drive, actually somewhat less since Karen drove! I have attached a photo of the view from our balcony. The harbor in the background is where we will catch the diveboat. Our first dive is tomorrow morning. Well, it's time to go explore and grab some lunch. -Happy Diving!... read more

North America » United States » Indiana » Rockport June 20th 2010

One more day before we head to Key Largo. We will reposition to Sarasota this evening and then drive to Key Largo bright and early tomorrow morning. We won't be diving until Tuesday so tomorrow can be somewhat leisurely (sp). Hopefully the weather will hold out next week. More later. -Happy Diving... read more

North America » United States » Florida » Sarasota June 17th 2010

Just four more days and we will be in Key Largo. Unfortunately the weather outlook is calling for possible thunderstorms every day in the afternoon. Here in Sarasota we have been having those storms pop up regularly so we will probably get them as well down there. Hopefully we can get some good morning dives in though. More later. - Happy Diving... read more

North America » United States » Florida » Sarasota June 15th 2010

We are five days away from heading to Key Largo. We check in to the dive shop Monday afternoon and our first dive is Tues. We are all excited about getting our first ocean dive underway. I'll have pics as we get closer. - Happy Diving!... read more




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