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All for 40th birthday vacation....Iceland Tectonic Plates...between two continents... On August 17, 2024, after several sessions in the pool, several instructors wishy washy and showing up/not, we went one last time in the pool with a new instructor (Matt) and even had to overcome Justin having a scorpion on him. I was also being held down at the bottom of the pool, but then we finally went to Canyon Lake where the instructor went down and disappeared completely (even though I wanted to signal to him I was having trouble regulating). Luckily, Justin saw and he came up with me. We ended up going down again, after 5 tries, did our air in and air out of the suit and then came up. Finally, we passed. I ended up stepping my arch on a hard rock and my body was sore all over because i think I was so dehydrated and tired from the heat and trying to carry the gear back that I kinda tipped over/fell and ugh....it was rough. We even went back and listened to him talk about dives we didn't want to do in shipwrecks and also cleaning up the lake...ewww. He was nice and helpful, but Matt asked us three times if we had any other questions and then also couldn't even give us our actual cert because Michelle has to do that and she is out of town. Angie