Location: Saba
After eating a nice breakfast of oatmeal and some controversial cereal, we got ready to dive! We were split into two groups and then headed out with Saba Deep Dive Company. Diving at 100+ feet, we completed our Advanced Diver certification! The dives were incredible. The first group of Lindsey, Faloon, Rob, Matt, Erin, Laura, Mike, and I saw blacktip reef sharks, a massive crab, and a variety of other brightly colored fish and coral as we explored “encounters of the third kind” and “labyrinth.” We then headed back to Ocean Star for lunch and an afternoon of MTE Practice Fun and Oceanography studying in anticipation of the finals, which were only two days away. As the sunset, we sat down for a great pasta dinner made by chefs Jen and Faloon and shared memories of the past weeks as we headed back to the BVI’s tonight. It is hard to believe we are already headed back to the BVIs, but we will return in a much different way than we left. We are not the strangers who stepped off the dock and into Ocean Star on July 6, but now a crew of friends who have shared an unforgettable experience and a million laughs.