But I agreed to GO to the Cove so Peter could use the carpool lanes to get there, and as long as I was going, it didn't make sense not to take the gear and have the option . . . so almost without willing it at all, I found myself wading into some amazingly clear, dark water.
There ensued a very pleasant dive in excellent viz, complete with gunnels galore (in the open!), a nudi or two, a very cooperative ratfish, and a scaled crab missing three legs. But the star of the show, and the reason for this post, was that my decision, against my better judgment, to go diving, resulted in one of the coolest encounters and best photos I've had yet. An amazingly tiny market squid (maybe all of two inches long) decided to swim up and look in my mask, and then do aquabatics in front of me. Mindful of Scott Lundy's instruction to "shoot the good stuff", I was snapping frantically, and Peter, who was above me, was wondering what on earth I was taking pictures OF. I got one good one, but it's a really good one:
What a wonderful way to start 2013!
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