Last week, on an afterschool-afternoon, my son, his best friend and I swam along with millions of sardines as they migrated up the Kwazulu-Natal Coast of Africa. We dashed past whales and beat the odds against hungry sharks and munched on popcorn with extra butter - all at the same time! 3D films on IMAX make you feel like you're *just about* there.
Every once in awhile, we head to Navy Pier afterschool to enjoy an IMAX film - when it's a ghosttown and we pretty much have the entire venue to ourselves.
I learned to scuba dive a few years before my son was born. It's the one sport that forces me to be calm, breeeeaaaaathe, and enjoy the view. Jumping into the sea with scuba gear is jumping into a mirror that leads to another world: one moment you are looking at your masked reflection in the waves then - jump..splash! - you're in the domain of fish, eels, and turtles.
But since it's not so easy to dip
comfortably into Lake Michigan, an underwater
Imax film at Navy Pier will have to be the next best thing. (Though I am trying to build the confidence up enough to dive Lake Michigan this summer
http://www.dive-aai.com/lake_michigan.asp)
Check out Wild Oceans...now playing at Navy Pier's Imax theater.