Blowing bubbles is one of the greatest feelings! I love to just sit in 10 feet of water and watch my bubbles hit the surface. I'm more of a diving obsessive than skiing obsessive, but slowing learning how to manage both!
Anybody cold water dive? Heck, are there any other Alaskans on this forum? It's really not that big of a state, you know................
That's why I went back for my PhD! So I could afford to do two mega-equipment intesive sports. Actually, 3 if you count the boat/fishing, but that's what DH's job is supporting.
I finally stopped buying dive gear this year and might actually buy myself a decent pair of skis! Got uber yummy boots last year.
Wow. I know a whole scuba club up here in freezing, rural Maine that would absolutely drool over this possibility. Water never gets above 62 here. DH is the only one in the club w/o a drysuit - I can't believe he dives in this part of the North Atlantic w/o a drysuit....but they are $$$$$$ - you're right, 2 expensive sports are the max....beyond max for us. Good drysuits are like $3,000!! That would buy an awfully nice ski vacation! For BOTH of us!!We have to factor in huge travel costs to ski, but we do have world class diving right on our back door step!
Indeed....and with all the time he spent Down Under on business +-10 years ago, I cannot believe he didn't do a short holiday at the Barrier Reef Actually, what would interest me more is the skiing in New Zealand!!! What's it like?PAHHHH!!!! Put that $3000 towards a trip to the Barrier Reef or the Solomon Islands and ditch the suit altogether!
Oh boy----this sounds like DH's ideal vacation. Maybe someday...Better, do both! I have friends who did the whole ski/dive NZ trip and LOVED it! It's the ultimate compromise!