What was the coolest dive or trip you did in 2007?

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As we approach the end of 2007, diving for most of us is on hold till we start seeing green stuff on the ground again.

I know I did not get out diving <for fun> nearly as much as I would have liked to this year.  We took a trip to the Bahamas this year, and it was actually the first "real" vacation I've had in more years than I can count on my fingers!  That counted for a lot, and I think the coolest dive (dives actually) were on our last two days on the boat. 

We had anchored off the Hesperus and did a day-time dive.  Visibility was not very good actually, so I think it turned off every one but one couple and myself to doing a night dive there.  Anyway, during the first dive, we saw lots of sea-turtles.  The last time I had saw that many turtles on a single dive was off West Palm Beach about 5 years ago.  It was getting pretty late in the day, so there was a huge school of barracuda right by the wreck too, just waiting for a meal to swim by.  Unfortunately, my camera was only working intermittently working, so all I have is mental images and a few low-quality digital images.  The night dive was really cool.  We were a buddy-trio, and since we were familiar with the layout of the wreck, we could hit all the nifty spots in the dark. After I had observes enough sleeping fish (including Lionfish!) and turtles, I swam away into the turtle grass bed nearby.  I came across a group of squid and a long-tentacled Jelly-Hydromedusa, soon my primary light's batteries died, so I lit up the backup and joined my buddies and took in the remainder of the dive using his aircraft-landing light bright video lights.

The next day we did 3 dives, but I think it was Theo's wreck we did that was just such a magazine-like photo op that I had visions of smashing my non-working camera with a 5-lb weight.   Viz was really good and there were lots of swim throughs that would have just been perfect for framing shots of all the fish swimming by.  Plus, it was just soooo cool to swim on a big wreck without a drysuit, pony bottle, lots of weight, a hood, and so forth!

Anyway, just wanted to get this off my chest ;D and get some interesting banter going on the board!  I hope that everyone has a very merry Christmas and a great 2008!