2011 Cave dive

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CamG

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Greetings fellow cavers finally on my way be in north FL tomorrow morning!
Man it feels good to look forward to sunrise in GA then a short drive to Lauraville!
Any good breakfast spots in South GA?
If not we will wait till we get to a good one.
Safe diving all and see you down in the chosen land!

CamG Keep diving....Keep training....keep learning!
 
Would be nice to be headed that way myself. Hope you have a good - and safe - trip and please post a report.
 
Cam you're killing me I just got back from that area. As I'm not yet cave cert'd We just hit all the spots that we could dive open water. I'll be looking to do some cave training this year! Got all my gear configs just about sorted out and am looking forward to it. Keep us posted on your trip! Dive Safe!
 
Cam, I've stopped a couple of times at the IHOP in Valdosta (I do mostly overnight drives down). Decent food & decent service. There's also a Waffle House. They are both open 24hrs & since they're both chains, the quality is pretty consistent. Both are pretty much right off the highway.

I have to say I'm pretty jealous. I want to cave dive so bad it hurts, but it looks like Feb. may be shaping up for lots of cave for me (keeping the fingers crossed).
 
Greetings everyone it was fantastic!
We visited Peacock;
1st dive up mainline past Pot Hole just 200 feet short of Olsen.
2nd dive mainline to Olsen and back.
3rd dive up the peanut tunnel to a total distance of 1700'
4th dive up peanut to cross over jump and out on the mainline.
5th was at Madison Blue which was incredible my first time there.
We made it to 1300' on the main line and turned on thirds +100.
6th dive was at Orange Grove in the middle of a down pour of rain.
We swam the main line past the mid-point to 700' marker for challenge sink.
7th dive we visited Little River and did the merry go round going right at the T.
Beautiful dive and the deco very light thus enjoyable.

My dive buddies Matt Wetzel , Joe Muncy, and I averaged 100' per 2 min. in the low flow and about 100 in 3 min. at Madison and Little River.

I did miss 2 dives in Peacock;
1st one up the peanut tunnel to the water hole jump then exit to water hole.
2nd dive from water hole to jump retrieve the reel and exit via peanut tunnel.
I was informed that it was beautiful and I would have loved it!
I was not feeling well so I chose not to dive both of these.

Over all it was a great trip Cave Expeditions Bill, Linda, and Karen went out of their way to provide excellent service and I am looking forward to our return in March if not sooner!

Tammy and Bix get there as soon as you can.
There is nothing like the real thing!
I am totally smitten with caves, ah back to normal frozen water, dry gloves and the evil snow thing! Makes Cave country seem a lot like heaven!

Will post details latter I have not slept yet our 14 hr drive was hindered by weather and accidents.
Ice and snow delays pushed the drive to 17.5 hrs.
I hope and pray all those involved were ok some looked very serious.
We incurred a 50 minute delay at Louisville KY south of the river, at least 12 vehicles were involved.
It was a very sobering trip home! I am thankful.

CamG Keep diving....Keep training....Keep learning!
 
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Nice report. What really impresses me is the missing two dives because of how you were feeling. That just shows me more an more that I'd love to get a dive or two in with you some time. Good judgment and safety first. I like that. Not cave trained though and no plans to, so some other place would have to do. Maybe one of those quarries between me and you.
 
Cam,

Glad you had great time. I wish I could have made it down to Florida for the holidays (1st time I missed a New Years in FL in 6 years), but I finally had surgery for a hernia that a put of for far too long.
 
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