Good News!! I signed up for my tenth expedition with Earthwatch the other day! I am going down to Florida for 8 days in September 2026 for the Tracking Sharks and Rays expedition! I am so excited: I really, REALLY want to see a hammerhead! And wouldn’t it be so cool to go down in one of those shark cages!!!
What makes this even MORE exciting is that a good friend of mine, Sarah Stone from Miami, might join me. She is doing the money thing now, trying to figure out how she’ll be able to afford it. I have known Sarah for a long time, corresponding via email since my 2nd or 3rd expedition. I even got to attend her wedding a few years back.
Money is always a huge deciding factor on these expeditions. Thankfully, the company I work for is very good to me: this expedition will be paid mostly from my bonus. Also thankfully, I have some mileage points with Alaskan Air that will cover my flights there and back. If Sarah does go, I might even stay a few days afterwards, just to hang out with her and maybe go visit her parents who live nearby.
There are, as
always, a lot of things to do to prepare – namely, starting January 1st,
I will be going to the pool every Wednesday for the public lap swim session. I
really don’t know how to swim all that well, but I can grab a paddle board and
hit the lanes with it. At the very least, it will get me comfortable in the
water again. I haven’t been in water for decades!
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