I guess there are two things drawing us to Cooper. One is that it seems to be a popular stop with kids, for whatever reason. The other is as a local base from which to do the Wreck on the Rhone. I know that's supposed to be an incredible scuba dive, but wondering if we should skip it since we are snorkelers and only part of it is in shallow water. On the other hand I know we're going to snorkel with a lot of amazing sea life on this trip, and thought my son would get a kick out of a real ship wreck.

But let's say we completely skip Cooper. Nutty idea to go Norman to JVD first, and then backtrack to SFD Channel to points beyond, in order to set yourself off from the crowds (in June)?