KIDS SEA CAMP FULFILLS A GRANDMOTHER’S DREAM TO DIVE AS A FAMILY
Story by Vicki Singley Discovering Kids Sea Camp was a natural gift to my family and I. My two adult sons, Danny and Chris, are divers, and they convinced me 27 years ago to become a PADI-certified diver. When they married their wives, Celenie and Stela, they joined the adventures and became divers. Over the years, I had made taking dive trips with my sons and their wives a top priority for quality family time. When my grandkids came along, much to my sadness, the family-dive trips ended. Then, one day, as I was thumbing through Scuba Diving maga- zine, dreaming of taking dive adventures with my grandkids, I discovered Kids Sea Camp.
I immediately called and shared my findings with my sons and suggested we start retaking family dive trips. They were all for it, and in 2013, we were off on our first trip — to Palau Royal Resort and diving with Sam’s Tours and Kids Sea Camp. The grandkids were 3, 7, 7 and 10. Benjamin, Sophia, and Hunter started SASY with Margo, while at age 10, Jackson joined the PADI Jr. Open Water diver class. We adult kids felt like we had gone to heaven. We enjoyed diving during the days while the kids had fun learning with other kids. It was PERFECT for every- one! There are set times when adults and kids dive or snorkel together, too. Because of owner Margo Peyton’s expertise, instruc- tor training, and perfect safety
record with kids, she is provided a special waiver to dive in the ocean with PADI Seal Team kids ages 8 and 9 worldwide. We have traveled with Kids Sea Camp to Fiji, where the kids had run of the entire resort, and while Benji was still in SASY, Hunter, and Sophia advanced to
the PADI Seal Team classes. We interacted with the locals; everyone on staff could not have been more helpful, warm, and hospitable. When we were leaving Fiji, my grandkids cried and hugged the special people they had come to know and love. Hunter even
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