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ROYAL HOME

On the second day we made a grocery run. While I loaded up on mac and cheese, soft drinks and Doritos, my more discriminating sister-in-law returned from the same shopping trip with a selection of Dutch cheese, imported crackers, three different types of hard salami and wines labeled “Select.” So we toasted the day from her patio overlooking the pool.

STORYTIME

I loved to hear the dive stories each evening. We heard details about the famed Superior Producer shipwreck and the day’s excursion to the Mushroom Forest. Ocean Encounters’ owners Nolo, Monica and their sons Leo and Christian were the ultimate hosts. They made all the guests feel that they were family friends — and by the end of the trip, they were.

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TREASURE, MATEY!

PADI, Sport Diver, SCUBAPRO and SeaLife Reef Master Cameras joined forces to put on a treasure hunt extraordinaire. Armed with pails and high hopes, the kids set out along the shoreline to find the gold coins that were carefully “hidden” just minutes earlier. The nice thing about this semi-competitive activity was that everybody won. There were enough masks, fins, snorkels, wetsuits, T-shirts, caps and toys to go around, and the value was much more than monetary.


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