(OT) Tomorrow I leave to dive in Indonesia!

[bballbeadle]

Dear Pals, Buddies, and BFF's, I have been waiting to take this trip for a year and a half and now it is finally upon me. I will be diving at two different resorts and it will take us 2 days to get there and 2 days to return. But oh, the sights I will see! Put on your sunglasses and take a look at these Mandarin fish:

https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs...=yhs-mozilla-001&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-001

We will be diving at dusk to watch them mate. Okay, so it's creepy, but apparently spectacular as well!

If I am lucky, I will see 24 feet manta rays in the Lembah Straits:

But I will also see teeny tiny creatures, like this whatchamacallit:

I feel quite smug about the timing of this adventure, because when I get back Oct. 19, I will not have missed a single home football game, and BASKETBALL will be just around the corner! What a way to while away the time while waiting for my favorite thing to begin.

Fare thee well, and root root root for our Orange while I am gone!

<glub glub> Beadle

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Awesome. Be safe and take lots of photos!!!

 

[SUintheVille]

Good luck and have fun Beadle. What an opportunity! My life is boring in comparison...

 

[OburgOrange]

Another CTO in our midst

 

[stuckinbig11]

Have fun, but watch out for newly emerging volcanoes.

 

[HoustonCuse]

Another CTO in our midst

Only if her dive buddies are Paul Begala, Russell Braun and Arpad Busson!

 

[llandz]

Have a great time, and will hopefully see you that weekend when I am in Syracuse.

 

[Briancuse]

Have a great trip, my aunt lived in Indonesia for almost 10 years.

 

[bballbeadle]

I overslept! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Good-bye.

 

[orange79]

Enjoy!

 

[sutomcat]

Have fun!

 

[MCC]

But I will also see teeny tiny creatures, like this whatchamacallit:

Looks like a mantis shrimp. They pummel prey with their front legs - "punching" with the force of a 22 caliber bullet. They actually create cavitation bubbles - it's insane.

 

[reedny]

Looks like a mantis shrimp. They pummel prey with their front legs - "punching" with the force of a 22 caliber bullet. They actually create cavitation bubbles - it's insane.