PK
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Okay, I'll start this thread. I'll give a few details and let the others add more.
Believe it or not, our pumpkin dive today, Oct. 19, was a blast!
Rax, Notabob, Shellbird and I were the first to arrive at Ft. Wetherill. Although there were a huge amount of divers in the parking lot, we can see that the S-SW winds whipped the water too much for any decent hope of visability. Luckily Rax had a couple of good books on nearby dive sites. We selected a site that was North facing and drove there (Rax please add with the name of this site).
It was calm but we were unsure if it there would be any sea life to see, although it would be fine for carving pumpkins. Since we were first to arrive and it would be a few hours before the others show us, we decided to get coffee and breakfast to discuss our plan for the day. We went to a great restaurant called "Tricia's" and some of us ate alligator soup... yuuummmm. They had a great menu and the staff was super friendly.
After breakfast, we drove to a bunch of nearby dive sites but they were all blowing all over; clearly the one we picked from Rax's book was the best one for the day (Rax, you've got a good book). We went back and the others started to show up: dkerr, gmbaker, and MSilva. We cleaned out the insides of our pumpkins and got ready for the dive.
I'll let someone else continue the report from here...
Believe it or not, our pumpkin dive today, Oct. 19, was a blast!
Rax, Notabob, Shellbird and I were the first to arrive at Ft. Wetherill. Although there were a huge amount of divers in the parking lot, we can see that the S-SW winds whipped the water too much for any decent hope of visability. Luckily Rax had a couple of good books on nearby dive sites. We selected a site that was North facing and drove there (Rax please add with the name of this site).
It was calm but we were unsure if it there would be any sea life to see, although it would be fine for carving pumpkins. Since we were first to arrive and it would be a few hours before the others show us, we decided to get coffee and breakfast to discuss our plan for the day. We went to a great restaurant called "Tricia's" and some of us ate alligator soup... yuuummmm. They had a great menu and the staff was super friendly.
After breakfast, we drove to a bunch of nearby dive sites but they were all blowing all over; clearly the one we picked from Rax's book was the best one for the day (Rax, you've got a good book). We went back and the others started to show up: dkerr, gmbaker, and MSilva. We cleaned out the insides of our pumpkins and got ready for the dive.
I'll let someone else continue the report from here...