So yesterday I was cleaning up a little which lead me to gather the cruise
stuff I had all over the place and throw it in the suitcase (since the
next time we use them will most likely be for the cruise).
Anyway, I'm so excited about the snokel set that we bought at Costco
last summer. I just took them out of their packaging tonight and they
are freaking awesome! Granted, I had an idea of how cool they were
when we bought them because I had to justify the $38 a piece that they
were (which I figured we would recoup anyway just by not having to
rent them on
Castaway Cay, Xcaret, etc.) but I had forgotten.
The snokels are frankly the coolest part (and why I got this set).
Here's a link in case you are interested:
http://www.aqualung.com/products/impulse_dry_flex.html
So the top of the pipe if you will is covered and the air comes in
little holes near top on the sides. The awesome part is that there's
a bobber thing that floats up to close the holes if you if you
submerge the snokel! Plus, if you do happen to get water in the
snokel (like they gave the example of accidentally not having your
mouth sealed) you can blow the water out straight down instead of up
the whole length of the pipe which is much easier. I've had a bunch
of snokel sets growing up (I loved just floating around in the pool
with the snokel even) and I am so excited about this one. Along with
the snorkel there is a mask (duh) which is very nice and had a good
seal even in my living room, and of course fins. The packs were sized
so the fins are closer to being your actually foot size but are still
adjustable and let me tell you they are REALLY comfortable. The best
part is that the whole set fits nicely in this small backpack thing
which has one cross over backpack strap and is very confortable even
when fully loaded. I'm glad because now I don't have to figure out
what bag I'm going to bring to carry those few things I always seem to
need (sunglass case, etc.). While there's not a lot of extra room
there's just a enough for the necessities.
I can't wait to go snokeling. I put on all the gear and walked into
the room where DH was just to make him laugh. I really can't
wait to swim. I haven't been in the water in sooooo long.
So, all this talk about snokeling brought up another issue. I just
purchased an Aquapac for our digital camera and an Whanganui Belt case
(also by Aquapac) for money, cards and passports. DH will be able
to put the belt case in one of his velcro swimsuit pockets (gotta love the cargo style swimsuit) so that we don't have to leave stuff on the beach. In case you want to see if this time of thing fits your needs the site is:
http://www.aquapac.net/
I actually ended up not buying the things directly from Aquapac because their ordering site was not secure. Luckily, this site is:
www.waterproofcases.net