Thought I would just post this here instead of starting a new thread.
Holly crap the hot weather is upon us and only going to get worse. Today turned out to be a great day for diving. I arrived at ABWA this morning thinking it was going to be another boring “solo” day which seems to be typical recently. As I was making the trip down the hill carrying some stages I ran into a new face which I had only seen from a profile here on the forum. Most may know her as bamamedic2.0 . I learned real quickly that Lil B was quite spunky for her size. Don’t be fooled thinking she’s one of these which requires a lot of assistance – as she slung her gear around at ease.
Lil B had good patience with me as I slowly assembled different parts of my gear, scooter, etc. The heat was only getting hotter and I still had not even got into my dry suit unders yet. If you don’t think 300gram Polertec is hotter than 7 hells on a hot summer day, then you are quite mistaken!!!! Eventually I clambered into my gear and Lil B and I trotted down to the platform. She and I descended to the training platform and did a few drills and then it was off to see the wild blue yonder.
The dives of the day went really well considering I had made some webbing changes to my back plate which hampered me doing valve drills. Lil B had some ear pain on one dive which seemed to cause a lil ongoing discomfort, however with the exception of those few minor issues we had a great day of diving. As always the vis was terrible, however the water temp continued to uphold the ABWA tradition of being a lil cold.
Parked beside us were Brad and Jonathan from Dive Sports teaching a class. They seemed to have a good day as well. As we were taking down the dive trailer and breaking down gear a gentleman walked up and introduced himself as Rusty from SB. Rusty was there doing some gear check in preparation for some AOW classes next week. Thanks Rusty for stopping in to stay hello.
Lil B and I ended the day at Two Pesos on Ala 119 taking in some fine Mexican food. What a great way to end a diving day. Got to dive with an outstanding gal with her heart and soul dedicated to diving. Lil B expressed interest in continuing her training, and from judging how she dove today will really take to it like a fish in the water.
Safe diving,
Kenny