There is a garden growing on the sponge in my sink. Does that count? What if I transfer it to my pool?:babycrawl:
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jet126
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bilsant
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I once recommended wearing her mask in the bathtub or shower, but she totally pooh-poohed the idea....
jet126
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Would you willing to put that in writing for my boss? (BTW were you up there today?)
Ya know ... there are so many directions we can take this I don't even know where to start.
mntlblok
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That's my standard place to stay when I visit the bridge when I come down by myself. Perfectly fine for me, but my sometimes dive buddy refuses to stay there. 
I typically find what the "internet discount rate" is and then call them and see if they'll match it. They always have. 50 sounds high, in my experience.
Kevin
I typically find what the "internet discount rate" is and then call them and see if they'll match it. They always have. 50 sounds high, in my experience. Kevin
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Weekend Report
My wife and had had another set of great if somewhat freezing dives this weekend.
As some of you who have met us know, we have been very lucky finding some cryptic critters at the bridge while others (dam frogfish) remain elusive.
High on my remaining list (with apologies to the hundreds of variegated urchins) was the bumblebee shrimp.
We started early Sat morning just beating the closure of Blue Heron Blvd. for the MLK parade.... and found ourselves braving the 70 degree water to great vis and biting wind.
While playing out front we found more seahorses, some beautiful large golden pipefish and the usual players.
As we worked over to the west span I saw my wife's telltale rapid fire strobe blaze meaning she had found something especially cool.
I arrived to find the motherload of bumblebee shrimp, roughly 10 running around this urchin. Some where large as BB shrimp go.
While shooting video my tech is often to stay motionless for long periods while creeping closer till the subjects get comfortable with my presence and go back to some interesting behavior.
This must have worked because while utterly focused videoing two BB shrimp squaring off and having a mock battle my wife said 3 or 4 shrimp where happily climbing all over my camera.
Now for those squat lobsters.......
We saw more BB Sunday as well so hopefully they are back for awhile.
I also had a less enjoyable encounter Sunday when I noticed two young men diving over by the west channel marker carrying a live bait bucket, not seeing any nets I wasn't sure what they were doing so I kinda kept an eye on them long enough to see one grab an arrow crab and motion the other to open the bucket.
I stopped them and had them surface and told them this area was a no take zone and they would be arrested (possible exaggeration) if they returned to shore.
They claimed they didn't know and thanked me for letting them know. They seemed fairly honest (and young) and when they emptied there bucket it was mostly old shells.
Hopefully I handled this correctly, since they appeared cooperative I let it go. There probably should be better signs for the uninformed entering by the lifeguard side.
Anyway, a great couple near 3 hour dives.
Here is a few quick pictures till we can sort thru the rest.
John
My wife and had had another set of great if somewhat freezing dives this weekend.
As some of you who have met us know, we have been very lucky finding some cryptic critters at the bridge while others (dam frogfish) remain elusive.
High on my remaining list (with apologies to the hundreds of variegated urchins) was the bumblebee shrimp.
We started early Sat morning just beating the closure of Blue Heron Blvd. for the MLK parade.... and found ourselves braving the 70 degree water to great vis and biting wind.
While playing out front we found more seahorses, some beautiful large golden pipefish and the usual players.
As we worked over to the west span I saw my wife's telltale rapid fire strobe blaze meaning she had found something especially cool.
I arrived to find the motherload of bumblebee shrimp, roughly 10 running around this urchin. Some where large as BB shrimp go.
While shooting video my tech is often to stay motionless for long periods while creeping closer till the subjects get comfortable with my presence and go back to some interesting behavior.
This must have worked because while utterly focused videoing two BB shrimp squaring off and having a mock battle my wife said 3 or 4 shrimp where happily climbing all over my camera.
Now for those squat lobsters.......
We saw more BB Sunday as well so hopefully they are back for awhile.
I also had a less enjoyable encounter Sunday when I noticed two young men diving over by the west channel marker carrying a live bait bucket, not seeing any nets I wasn't sure what they were doing so I kinda kept an eye on them long enough to see one grab an arrow crab and motion the other to open the bucket.
I stopped them and had them surface and told them this area was a no take zone and they would be arrested (possible exaggeration) if they returned to shore.
They claimed they didn't know and thanked me for letting them know. They seemed fairly honest (and young) and when they emptied there bucket it was mostly old shells.
Hopefully I handled this correctly, since they appeared cooperative I let it go. There probably should be better signs for the uninformed entering by the lifeguard side.
Anyway, a great couple near 3 hour dives.
Here is a few quick pictures till we can sort thru the rest.
John
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