I am sure some of you are wondering about the Catalina pictures and whether or not the bargain underwater digital camera actually worked... Well the answer is a bit more complicated than a "yes or no". Yes, we THINK it did work. Jared took pictures, and the number of photos left kept going down. But then on the last day, when they weren't going to be in the water, he took it out of the waterproof case to slip it in his pocket. Upon removal from the pocket, the battery compartment popped open. Jared closed it, but he then noticed that the number of available pictures had gone back up. Well, he took a few more pictures that day and back at home the same scenario occurred and the pictures remaining number again went up. Apparently, when the battery compartment opens the pictures are lost, which causes a significant problem if your batteries run out while the camera is full of pics. Oh well, it looks like I should have gone with the disposable variety after all.
Jared had a fantastic time in Catalina. He snorkeled twice the first day, once in daylight and once at night. He ate seaweed right out of the ocean! Way to go, Jared!!!! He kayaked, dissected a squid (and ate the eyeball lenses, ewww! When asked, "why?"... he said, " because the instructor said we could!" Is that a 12- year old boy response, or what?), rock climbed, jumped off a platform into the ocean at 6:30 a.m (brrr!), and saw about 100 dolphins swimming around the ferry back to Long Beach.
I still hope to have some pictures, eventually. Someone is supposed to be compiling the chaperones pictures so that we can purchase them.
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