TRAVEL SNAPSHOT: 75 Days In 2023

In April, we flew from Toronto ON to Las Vegas NV. Helen hung around Vegas and waited for me to return from a 1 week SCUBA live-a-board in ST. KITTS & NEVIS, Saba & SINT MAARTEN, with dive buddy Mark. 

Next, in June; we loaded ourselves and some supplies into LOAF for a 4 week road trip LOAFin Around in New Brunswick and around Quebec's Gaspe Peninsula. 

We ended the year on MEXICO's Cozumel Island (Nov/Dec) with a little more than 4 weeks spent at 3 different resorts and diving with some old and some new friends.

Here's more photographic evidence ... ENJOY!

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The map below is interactive. To view our routes in detail you will need to begin by clicking on [  ] (top right corner) for full screen. Use the hand to pan and +/- to zoom and reduce, as needed.

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This travel snapshot includes Trips 160 - 162 (from our TRIPS Index) and covers the calendar PERIOD noted below. 

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                               PERIOD                        Duration              Adventure Days

Apr 10 - Dec 18, 2023              252 days                        075

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STATISTICS

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1 - Birthday Cake courtesy of Pau owner of  The Noisy Cupcake on Cozumel

1 - First SCUBA Live-a-Board 

Caribbean Explorer II - depart St. Kitts & Nevis > Saba > Sint Maarten

1 - Road Tour

Island of Saba

1 - Hurricane Escaped

NB: Lee 

1- Reeeealllly BIG Rock

Perce QC: The rock is about 450 metres (1475 feet) wide, 90 metres (295 feet) deep and 85 metres (280 feet) high.

1- Abbey Visited

QC: Abbaye De Saint-Benoit-Du-Lac

1 - Ferry Crossing

QC: St. Fulgence > Tadoussac 

2 - Cozumel Dive Operators

SCUBA Tony, Dive Paradise

On-board Atila with DM Miguel and Captain Conejo

On-board Renegado with DM Lobo

2- LOAF Upgrades

3 kw GoPower pure sine wave inverter, Nespresso coffee maker

2 - SCUBA Gear Failures 

Oceanic bcd power inflator: failed on ascent, repaired, failed a second time during ascent, replaced with a used component - lost 1 dive only

Mask Strap: broke during pre-dive prep, another diver loaned me a mask for the dive, I replaced the strap on mine after the dive. That same diver (Cris) gifted me the mask he loaned me.

2 - New Gear

Cameras: DSLR Canon EOS Rebel T8i, GoPro Hero 11 black 

2 - Provincial Parks

QC: Parc Nationale du Gaspesie

NB: Sugarloaf

3 - National Historic Sites Visited

 NB: Banc-de-Peche-de-Paspebiac, Battle of the Restigouche, Miscou Island Lighthouse

Banc-de-Peche-de-Paspebiac

3 - Google Photo Albums Assembled

Trip160: ST. KITTS & NEVIS, Saba, SINT MAARTEN

Trip161: LOAFin Around - Easterly

Trip162: Cozumel MEXICO

3 - Provinces Visited

ON QC NB

3 - Resort Stays

Iberostar, Explorian Fiesta Americana, Windham Hotel Cozumel and Resort

4 - First 4-tank dive day (First nitrox dives)

4 - National Parks

Saba: Saba National Marine Park

CANADA: Forillon, La Mauricie QC, Kouchibouguac NB

MEXICO: Chankanaab National Marine Park

20 - Kilometres Hiked (est)

5/1 - COUNTRIES/Territories (3 New)

CANADA

USA 

ST. KITTS & NEVIS

Saba

SINT MAARTEN

MEXICO

 

27 - Dive Sites

St. Kitts & Nevis: Monkey Shoals, The River Taw Wreck, The Wreck Corinthian, Old Bay Road, Heartbreak, Bikini Bottom, Paradise Reef

Saba: Customs House, Tent Wall, Ladder Labrinth, Diamond Rock, Tent Reef

Cozumel: Palancar Bricks, Dalila, Columbia Deep, Cedral Wall, Palancar Baloon, Cedral Pass, Palancar Gardens, Casa Blanca, La Francesa, Tormentos, Santa Rosa, Yucab, Punta Tunich, Palancar Caves, Paradise Reef 

 37 hr 21 min - Total Underwater Time

41 - Open Salt Water Dives

Saba

Cozumel

63 min - Longest Dive

65 - Nautical Miles Sailed

75 - Adventure Days

90 feet - Deepest Dive

Saba and Cozumel

4216 - Kilometres Driven LOAFin Around

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Old and New Friends

Clockwise (bottom left to right)

Jeri & Keith, Thor, Dann, Trish, Carine & Bruno, Dani, Mark

Simon, Conny, Helen, Dann

Omar

Israel

Mark, Dann, Cris, Audra, Andy

Dann, Helen, Janet, Andy, Mark

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If you're still following along, watch this website's Our NEXT Adventures on the right sidebar, for our on-going travel plans. 

We had a blast once again ... thanks for everyone's interest and comments. See you soon!

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