Rich, Jim, MissD and the rest of y'all
I had a blast...really great time...and I learned a couple of things:
One, overweighting is really the tool of the devil..when you're properly weighted, you have a much better dive overall(everything is improved, control, air consumption, etc)...I now BELIEVE it,
Two, even if a dive is short (due to lousy SAC rate, or just 'hoovering') or if the vis is poor 8-20 feet due to "stuff" in the water from Red Tide, etc...or whatever, the dive is a WHOLE LOT MORE FUN when you do it with folks that you know (even electronically - i.e. thru Scubaboard) than when you just show up and go on a charter or whatever...if you haven't gone on a dive with some of your friends from ScubaBoard, DO IT...it really is a gas...
Thanks again to Rich for the trip, to Jim for being my buddy, to MissD for the fruit(YUM) and to all the rest of you for making my day...I hope to be able to go again with y'all soon..
Steve