Talking Hobbies :-D

My hobbies;

Well, I'm an avid scuba diver and scuba instructor. Even with the diminished use of my legs, I can still handle classes, pools and boats using my braces and crutches...though beach dives can be a real challenge! Once I'm in the water, I'm completely mobile.

Another facet to my diving is underwater photography. There are so many interesting things to photograph, it never gets boring.

I also volunteer at a local science center called the "Barrier Island Center" It's focus is on the fragile environment of this barrier island we live on in this part of Florida. Also more giant sea turtles nest here than anywhere else in the US, so sea turtle education is a secondary focus. I mainly do docent work and power point presentations on various topics of interest.

Guess...finally, the computer is another free time occupier for me...like this forum is a great placed to hang out...better than Facebook!

Joe

My thighs are pretty much unaffected. With fins you get most of your propulsion from thighs and abdomen muscles. The lower legs are just there. But even with no leg mobility, you can a tremendous just from your hands and arms. Electric propulsion units are also on the market.

My biggest challenge is getting to the ocean on a beach dive...boat entries are a piece of cake. I'll get to the back of the boat by "deck crawling" if the sea conditions are bad

Joe

My hobbies are mixing music, making music, building things (pre SCI) and I guess the forum would be one.

You did a great job with this site DJ!

Running marathons was my great passion, useless dwellling on the past. During the winter periods it just work, the evening course i ve been doing and my private building project. During the week i daily come home at 8pm, eat watch some tv and go to bed. Hobbies are something we all like doing when we can do them.
One of the great privileges in teaching are our 2 month summer hols. My evening course will be done by then. so the plan is to spend more time at the build project, quality time with family at beach in late afternoon and evenings. I hate the sandy ones yet the rocky ones are hard to access and will need help when available to go there.
Daughter will be doing intense training in scynchro swimming so i need to help her do the on land physical training and hopefully trim out myself too. It will been waterpolo season too, quite fanatical here, daughter and her team do exhibition scychro swimming shows so i guess i will have to taxi her to and from the water polo pitches.
I'm not that keen going abroad for a holiday i can do better here. Still got my diving equipment yet may paddi open water license has expired plus ||SCI so i intend to stick to snorkling looking at sea bed. Malta has great diving sites but to see something you need to go places void of people. Still remember the last octopus i caught, best to use a hook instead of a harpoon. nice to eat too. I could go on for ages yet even if i only do 20% of what i intend to do, god willing i intend to have a great summer

You guys have kept yourselves pretty busy...before and after...except Butiki...