Countdown to Diving!

This morning I awoke to the realization that today I must pack my dive gear. There are many times, as I am performing this chore, that I wish I had a less gear-intensive hobby, and I didn't have to go through this process. Today was not one of them. After over 20 years of diving, I can now pack everything in just about 30 minutes. It's easy - I now visualize myself prepping for a dive, and as I see myself reaching for a piece of gear in my head, I retrieve that gear and put it in a pile. Once I am through that exercise, I begin to pack. What helps is that on this trip, we will be on a live-aboard. What this means is no lugging the wet gear back onto the docks to rinse and hang each night, no dripping stuff in the hotel room, no mesh bags need to carry it all. Once we set foot on the boat, we set up once, and that's it. Eat, sleep, and dive for seven days. Heaven.

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Heading here next week; can't wait! The packing list writing has already begun, and I hope to trim it down from last fall's trip to Palau and Yap.