James Garin

Sending our deepest condolences and love, Mike Garin and Emily Bardeen

My friend 70 feet down off Destin, Florida... we saw, and you photographed 3 octopus and 4 clown fish in one dive. We were so distracted that we lost track of time... the dive master appeared and told us we had been down 87 minutes and if we didn't surface now the captain would leave us. I finally retired... I thought we had more time. I promise you, no fish "butt" pictures...I will be calm and patient, until I get the perfect picture... you taught me well. Rest in peace dive partner, I will open a bottle of Malbec. I will drink it and enjoy a rare steak. I will let the glass dry so that I may smell the oak in the barrel, then decide if it was American or French oak. I will past your knowledge on to others of diving, photography and wine that you taught me and then your legacy will continue to live on. Farewell my friend, I will miss you. Barry Bell NAUI Instructor 50359

I had not heard from Jim in a long time, so I sent another message on Messenger asking how he is. It said not able to send, so I looked on his wall on Facebook. I am sorry to read that he died. He was a cheerful, kind man. I hope his wife and family are okay through this. You have my sympathy. Ariane Dimitris