So...

I am leaving home and heading out to Honduras for a few months in January. Some people might be crazy enough to ask why. To those who don't really care why or want the short answer, to become a PADI SCUBA instructor. Anyone else can keep reading.

It all started around 10 years ago on a family vacation to Pompano Beach, Florida. My dad, sister, brother, and I were walking through the lobby of our timeshare when we noticed an ad for a free SCUBA lesson in the timeshare pool. That is where we met Jose, a PDIC instructor, who would lead us (minus my brother who was too young) into our first underwater adventures.

After taking the Open Water course at the age of 12, we decided to follow up and go through the Advanced Open Water course the following year with Jose again. Unfortunately since I was too young and only qualified for Junior diver, the only thing that changed on my second C-Card was the spelling of my name, Tray, and picture.

In order to rectify the spelling mistake, and maybe to help my brother catch up since he was old enough for the course two years later, we retook the Open Water Certification through PADI. We chose PADI because we could no longer find Jose and we discovered that not many people have ever heard of PDIC. We completed Open Water and Advanced Open Water over the next few years.

That was the end of my diver education for a while. I always thought it would be fun to have a job or a life that involved the ocean. Since I loved learning about the ocean, I thought sharing that passion with others would be a great way to earn some money. Since I do not have a career or any financial obligations, I figured now was the best time to see how the life of a dive instructor suited me. This blog will chronicle the path to instructor and the life of a dive instructor as a way to help people decide if this is a life that interests them. So come back often and let me know what you think.