So, today, I had four hot guys all to myself! (I mean, it was at least 100 degrees, right?)
Did one long (76 mins) dive with Khacken, ZzzKing, Sealskin and Firefyter. Vis was... less than desirable, along the south/east wall and Sisco, and it's incredible that we were able to stay together. ZzzKing amazed one and all with his dead on reading and navigation from the shark to the mine. That was my first time to see the mine, and Zzz led us straight to the chain holding the thing! The vis cleared up quite a bit over the vegetation on the west side contour, we enjoyed seeing the tons of babies hanging out over there. When we finished the dive, Zzz & Khacken went back in to practice inflating a SMB.
My first scuba instructor, my cousin, his son and another friend happened to show up at the park, and we all visted with each other during the SI. That was a nice suprise-I'm from a fairly close-nit family, so I enjoy seeing my relatives.
The guys had all done a dive before I arrived, so most were ready to go home after my first dive. Firefyter was tired, but he wanted to do a 3rd dive, and give me a dive buddy for my 2nd. After we got in the water, however, he began hearing bubbles behind his head. Upon inspection, we realized that he had a pinhole in his hp hose. So, we thumbed the dive and parted ways soon after...
A very nice day at the swamp! The dive we all did together was Sealskin's 100th!