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Hello from Cheyenne...

I was in Pensacola last week. I didn't go to Pensacola Beach, but I did go to Navarre. I did a little snorkeling by the pier and didn't have on a wetsuit. It was a little chilly, and maybe for a dive a thin wet suit would be a good idea. I think Navarre is about the only shore dive available...

I think this would be pretty similar to the reason the Olympic training facility is in Colorado Springs, altitude. I've lived in Wyoming for 2 years now at almost 6000 ft. When I moved there I was always short breath, not so much anymore and when I travel home to Florida's sealevel alt. I...

I got "lucky" and escaped to Florida for a week. Initially it was because my grandfather was ill, but he's doing better now. So I left my wife in Wyoming and will be diving in the springs tomorrow. Footslooger are you at UW? I'm in the military in Cheyenne and my wife has to do the...

I see you're from Gainseville...(I went to the other school) I'm not afraid of 'gators, just kidding. When I was doing my night dive for AOW at Morrison, we thought we saw a gator and no one would go into the water. After it didn't move for half an hour we decided to go ahead. It was a log.

Nope NAUI, but thanks... Thanks for all the input guys. I dove Morrison during my AOW course in '99 and it was pretty decent, but it sounds like the conditions aren't that great right now. I'll call them and see what the situation is.

I live in Wyoming, but flew down to NW Florida to visit my ailing grandfather. My brother in-law wants to take me to vortex to dive, but I don't have any gear or my c-card w/me. How strict are they on checking for your card, both for park entry or renting gear? I dove there only once while my...

I remember reading in the past (probably on the board) that PADI will only give it's 5 star rating to shops that only offer PADI classes. So if you tried to take a YMCA cert to a PADI 5 star shop, they may laugh you out the door. This shouldn't be an issue because Divers Den was the only padi...

I'm in the Air Force stationed up in Cheyenne, Wyoming right now. I actually get on a plane to come home in a few hours, unfortunately it's not for pleasure, my grandfather is very ill. I plan on heading back once I get out and do a little more traveling, I'm still young (25), but I want to be...

cudachaser, I've seen you post a few times about NASE. I am getting ready to start training with an independent NASE instructor and can't wait. The only thing that bothers me about NASE and possibly the reason it is such a small cert. agency is that it is difficult to find information on...

I'm assuming you're talking about Dive Pros as the LDS since there aren't a lot of shops (comparatively) left in P'cola since hurricane season last year. I did my original open water course with Dive Pros and my instructor Rick Elliot had to be in late 50's or early 60's. He was a great...

Ron welcome to the board, I'm just a newbie to the board myself, but I had to say hello to a fellow Floridian. I grew up in Milton (NE of P-cola) and can't wait to get back. I'm in the AF right now, but next time I go home I'll be sure to look you up for a trip out to the Oriskany. I did my...

First off don't let anyone tell you you are too young to start a business, but you will need a lot of help! If you are good with computers you could start up a small internet business. The problem is you will not be able to compete with big shops that sell at major discounts! They will be...

Thanks for all the advice guys! I emailed Curt like Taylor86 suggested and we'll see how it pans out. By the way he has a website www.scubacurt.com if anyone is interested. Thanks again...

Quick update... We had a water pipe burst, flooded half of the 1st floor

So I guess we ended up smack in the middle of a smack of jellyfish! Sorry Cheesy

No, I don't use a back-up computer... Wait a second I don't even have a computer Anybody wanna lend me a computer or two so I can have a back up?:D Shopping list: Computer, redundant computer, batteries, redundant batteries...

My sister and I were doing one of our AOW training dives in Pensacola, Fl and ended up in a school of jellyfish (do jellyfish come in schools? herds?). Anyway she got one wrapped around her face, probably would have died if it were one of those beasts!

I understand the humidity concept quite well. Living in Florida with rediculous humidity ratings it felt HOT at 100F. 2 summers ago I went overseas to Uzebekistan (just north of Afghanistan) and we saw temps of about 120F (practically 0% humidity) almost daily, but I swear the 100F Florida...

Would it be a major faux pas to buy the course material elsewhere? Ebay for example. I know the shop has to make money to stay in business, but I want to hold on to that much as much as possible (I'm enlisted in the AF and married, not a lot of extra funds floating around)