Greetings from Crystal Lake, IL

[Dark Wolf]

Haigh is most certainly on my radar. I will go somewhere over Labor Day weekend and it may be Haigh, Lake Wazee, or Bonne Terre. I want to be sure it's something in which I can include my family. It's ideal if the kids can have an adventure while I am in the water and they love to snorkel.

If you get down to Missouri, give me a shout. I don't dive BT, but if you have the time available there are a few lakes that are not bad.

DW

 

[Dan_C]

Welcome, Dan. I'm occasionally at Three Oaks for platform practice skills. The LDS nearby, Sea Level Diving, used to organize weekly evening dives for certified divers, and would get a nice turnout (5-10 people). I don't see that listed on their website anymore, strangely. (I dug up this old link that no longer works.) Perhaps try giving them a call and see if they are still running those? It used to be a nice way to meet other local divers.

I actually got certified at Three Oaks by Sea Level. Their fun dives are done for the year.

 

[Dan_C]

If you get down to Missouri, give me a shout. I don't dive BT, but if you have the time available there are a few lakes that are not bad.

DW

Very good. Thanks for the reply and I'll keep you in mind. I actually travel in and out of St. Louis occasionally.

 

[Dan_C]

Sign up for Midwest Dive Buddies and put your post out there like you did here. You will definitely get responses.

Thanks, Kit. Will do.

 

[Dan_C]

I’m in Elgin Illinois. Mainly warm water dives. I had ran into the same problem with finding a dive buddy to do cold water dives in the area. Didn’t do much looking into finding a dive buddy to do them. Only experience around here was certification in south Beloit il, took a few tanks up to northern Wisconsin to dive a lake or 2 and tried to dive Lake Michigan from Michigan side once. Would be open to checking out three oaks with you one weekend. Have family in crystal lake.

Elgin is very close. Actually, my neighbor works in Elgin. Three Oaks is decent when you don't have time to get elsewhere. In terms of dive buddies, I am surprised to learn how many of my local buddies actually dive or used to dive.

 

[Dan_C]

Marie,
I joined FB yesterday so the glass ceiling is broken! I still don't have a screen name, though, so it may take me a while to get this thing figured out.

I am very interested in getting into wreck diving in Lake Michigan and I see you have posts all over this board on that subject. I have been reading tons of your old literature this morning! Thanks for all the effort.

 

[countymountie]

greetings