Jeremy Mullis: Mission Day 2: Tuesday, June 13th, 2006
Slept better last night than I had in years, it could have been an Ambien commercial! Waking up in the middle of the night with a 200 lb Goliath Grouper staring at you through the back lit view port was a new experience for me. The sea really came to life after the sun went down, and it was really quite something to witness the hunt. Out of the rack this morning at 0630, Masterdiver was already awake and had made fresh coffee with the French Press coffee maker, or “Liberty Press” if you prefer. Ate breakfast and set off to prediving the rigs for the first excursion. This morning Cory and I would again be the first two out for a three hour dive. Our first task was to tighten up the turnbuckles on Aquarius and its flask rack that fasten them to the sea floor. We worked together and made quick work of it. Then after taking a break to admire an eel that we had apparently disturbed from his slumber, we went back to work scrubbing the habitat valving with wire brushes. The support boat was on station earlier this morning than most, it arrived around 1030 with an eager crew. The pot runs commenced and we sent up one of our rigs, as it will not be used anymore this mission. Cory and I finished up our dive at 1100 and each enjoyed a wonderful lunch of freeze dried food. Weturned both rigs around and had the next two divers out in the water by 1300 without even breaking a sweat. Loving life down here. More to follow
Jeremy Mullis
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