Today was Melissa's Scuba lesson and I met her in Tempe so that I could observe her progress. She had so much fun last week during her first experience and really hit it off with her instructor Bryan.
Since it was her day off she planned to go to the Tempe location so that they could dive in the outdoor pool. We are so lucky to be in a climate that enables you to swim outdoors in February! Melissa will probably finish her instruction before the rest of us since she is spending more time at each lesson.
I gave my camera to Bryan so that he could take some photos of her during the dive. They had so much fun under the water after they completed the skills needed for each unit. I could tell they were laughing because every once in awhile a large area of bubbles would come to the surface all at once.
As you can see, Melissa is feeling quite comfortable in the underwater environment already and seems to be catching on very quickly.
After Bryan took several photos of Melissa, she took the camera and took a few photos of him. He is a very nice young man and it seems like they have a great time together during the lessons.
This is Melissa striking a pose toward the end of her lesson. I think it's official, she loves it!!!
Bryan is planning a dive trip in a couple of weeks to Catalina Island in California. He wants Melissa and I to go and said that it would be a great opportunity to finish our open water dives. He was an instructor at a dive shop there for a year and is very familiar with the underwater landscape there, so we are going to try to go.
Well, that is a little synopsis of Melissa's interesting afternoon. She's doing a great job and having a lot of fun. We'll let you know when she has officially completed her PADI Open Water Diver certification. More pictures will be posted of Seth and Madi's experiences soon, I didn't put the camera near the side of the pool last night at our lesson and once your gear is on it is very difficult to get out of the pool. I'll post pics of them here after their Monday night dive so check back for those soon.
