Swampers DIVE CAMP Weekend anyone?

[scubashawn123]

It looks like we have plenty of interest and offers for lots of diving FUN.

Who wants to be on the organizing committee with me?

 

[carrielsal]

I'll give you a hand.

 

[scubashawn123]

I'll give you a hand.

Thanks Carrie,

That's me and Carrie so far on the organizing committee.

I will need at least 3 committed dive master/instructor volunteers to rig the poker run underwater and we need 5 mesh bags to hold the cards at each location.

That's just support divers for the underwater poker run event.

Robert of Lake Travis Scuba will be running any dive boat operations day or night that we can fill his boat. It fits 8 divers comfortably with gear.

I will find out which events the dive shops want to sponsor and pick times for the events based on when the most number of swampers will be at Windy Point Private.

So how does March 10 sound to RSVP for the TSD event?

 

[thevalkyry]

Sounds good Shawn!

 

[texdiveguy]

Shawn, I was thinking you mentioned April for the event?? Maybe I am confussed.....

 

[Guba]

Alan, if I'm reading the posts right, the event is still for April. I think Shawn wants to know who's coming by March 10.

Do I have it right, Shawn?

 

[scubashawn123]

Alan, if I'm reading the posts right, the event is still for April. I think Shawn wants to know who's coming by March 10.

Do I have it right, Shawn?

You are correct, the event will be the end of April.

RSVP in Mid March is plenty of time to customize, and organize and coordinate the event
for the TSD and family members that are firmed up in their committment to show up.

Example:

If 5 people show up, it is not worth it to organize the underwater poker run since it takes 2 support divers to prep, check and pickup the mesh bags in sequence to the dive buddies participating for the topside card game after retrieving your cards on the underwater course.

Likewise if 20 divers show up to participate then I need to get 10 decks of cards and not 5 decks of cards to play the card game.


I do not want to go to the 2 dive shop sponsors with events if participation does not match the sponsorship of the divers actively participating.

Depending on the serious TSD who are planning to show up, I will customize the event to that group of divers. No big deals in the swamp.

So March 10th is an RSVP date that will allow the organizing committee and sponsor dive shops and Lake Travis Scuba adequate time to match the fun to people.


Thanks for your inputs and feedback. All are welcome to join in and help or suggest idea's.


If enough interest is there I am thinking of adding a treasure hunt underwater to the weekend event.

I just want to make sure that if some people show up Friday and leave Saturday, and others show up Saturday or Sunday I can tailor fit the event to the largest group of divers showing up for the weekend.

Besides who wants to miss the bon fire party in the middle of the night. I really like watching the sky and looking for UFO's over Travis with the stars shining bright.

 

[austinspace]

from original post: April 24, 25 and 26th.

 

[ZzzKing]

I think you boys should start a running list or something to keep count.

 

[scubashawn123]

I think you boys should start a running list or something to keep count.

Excellent suggestions so here goes the Texas Swamp Divers Roll call:

theValkry
Carrielsal
LakeTravisScuba
BOgrady
Cruiser
psiborg1812
TexDiveGuy
TwoBitTxn
Guba
Christian Divers of Texas
MackDiver
PearllDiver07
DeadlyRisk
Atlas750
ScubaShawn123


I apologize in advance if I have missed someone. Please jump in and add your name so that we have a starting point. This is well in advance and should help a lot of divers plan accordingly for the destination. Lake Travis TEXAS.
Some of these listed are still tentative but it gives us all an idea of the dive group that may show up on:

April 24 and 25


If someone wants to become a Texas Swamp Diver this would be a great chance to dive with one of us and become one just like that.