Bermuda

So I've been home from Bermuda for about 30 hours now. It feels much longer than that, but the trip itself ended just as fast as it came up! For as short as it was, I have to say it was one of the most fun and active trips I've been on with BWD!

We had a larger group than I'm used to traveling with. I roomed with Al to save a few bucks on the room, but my parents came along and a few familiar faces were around from previous trips I've been on. I also met a few new people that I liked. There's no shortage of new people I meet on a daily basis in this sport, I just love it.

So we did 7 dives in total, 5 of which were wreck dives! I want to say the wrecks were the highlights of the diving, but the reefs were just as much fun as the wrecks. Without going in to too much details, I know I have the bug for sure!

There's a dredger they sunk in the 1930s named the King George. She sits upright in about 65 ft of water (to the sand). We actually saw her on a night dive for the first time and dived

on her again the follow day. I saw so many anemones and arrow crabs, it was ridiculous. There was also a nice big lobster that came out to say hi during the night dive.

The other wrecks I dived were the Pelinaion, Cristobal Colon, and the Rita Zovetta. Each of these ships were actual wrecks that crashed into the barrier reef and sank in the 1930s and 1940s.

Al and I buddied up as usual and did our own thing on most of the dives. The guides were a racing through the reefs and wrecks a little too fast for our liking, so it just worked out better that we navigated on our own. We found plenty of swim throughs and marine life worthy of a picture. We posed and traded positions with the camera in many different places and just had a good time.

Aside from the diving, Bermuda has so much to offer! The Grotto Bay Resort was a great place to stay, though the service was just a little slow. We got mopeds of course, and we got our money's worth of riding!

St. George was a regular destination for us as well as some of the old forts that line the eastern shore of the island. We made it as far southwest as Horseshoe Bay, but it was so crowded. Never made it to Hamilton this trip, but I'm sure there will be plenty of time in the future for that. My parents couldn't help

but have their bike land on top of them on the last day. Fortunately, no one was seriously hurt aside from some bruises and scrapes.

All in all it was a great trip, we had a great group, and I can't wait for the next one!