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Wednesday, October 6, 1999
Key Largo, Florida
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Key Largo, Florida:
Latitude: 25° 4' 29" North
Longitude: 80° 27' 37" West
Altitude: 10 feet
From Seattle: 2912 miles
Lodging: Friend / Family - Laddie

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Today's Travel:
Country: United States
Region: Florida
Start: Key Largo, Florida
Stop 1. Aquarius Habitat, Carysfort Reef, off Key Largo
End:Key Largo, Florida
Linear:40 miles
Weather: Rain / Overcast / Rain

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Trip Stats to Date:
Day: 909
Linear Dist: 170566
Countries Visited: 60
Regions Visited: 242
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Hotels: 281
Friends / Family: 218
Camping: 120
Hostels: 218
Transit: 58
Other Lodging: 13
Beers: 3330
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Journal Entry:
Got a great night sleep. Stacy got up early (well, earlier than me) and took the car. I hung out at the house reading. In the afternoon, just as we were heading out to find something to do, Dave - a NOAA friend of Stacy's - called to see if we wanted to go diving.

It was a great dive, and Dave lent me all the equipment except for a regulator, so it was cheap. We dove around the marine sanctuary habitat which requires a special permit - luckily Dave is the one responsible for issuing these! The habitat was pretty cool, I've never seen anything like it except on TV. We even got to stick out heads into it, though not any further since the air is suspect right now (no one is living on it at the moment). Also got to see a pretty big Nurse Shark (five to six feet long), and lots of other fish (some giant baraccuda) - a really nice dive.

Went to Sharky's for a beer with Dave and Curt, who also came out with us but only snorkled. Hung out talking with Curt for quite a while. Curt is the head of the marine sanctuary program in the carribean country of St. Vincents - or rather is in charge of setting one up - pretty interesting to talk to.


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