Finding shangri-la: Flippers and a Mask

After searching for property it became clear to me that we need to figure out what type of job we wanted to do. I think we're pretty set on island life. About 80% sure. I don't want to say 100% because I still have a lot more research to do but for now island life it is. So we asked ourselves "What would be the ultimate island-life job?" Our answer, buying a boat and doing guided snorkeling trips. What screams island-life more than sailing around on the crystal blue waters of the Caribbean Sea and diving into an under water world of exotic fish and coral? We figured if we're going to take untrained tourists out into the waters of the Caribbean we should probably get scuba diving certified. Better to be safe than sorry. We wouldn't want anyone getting hurt on our watch.
We live in Michigan so we're already surrounded by water. To obtain a diving certificate won't be challenging at all. For 500 bucks a peice we can start our first class and learn to dive in the great lakes. A local dive shop offers world class diving certificate classes as well as advanced training and rescue training classes for an additional cost. Perfect, we can do all our training where we are now and be ready to open shop as soon as we move.

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The Great lakes have many sunken shipwrecks to explore. Here is a great book to find out the history of the ships that sailed the Great Lakes.

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