First dive in Maui, 1999.  Returned one year later to complete open water check out dives.  Began journey towards becoming dive master, instructor in one agency, then instructor in another agency, to working full time on snorkel and dive boats in the Florida Keys. Dived: Maui (2 trips); Bonaire (4x); Cayman Is.; Bermuda; Andros, Nassau (4x), Abaco, Exuma, Bimini, Bahamas; Utila, Honduras; Commonwealth of Dominica; Puerto Rico, NC, SC, GA, AL, FL, U.S.A.;