safewordisapples
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Hi all! Greetings from Northern Virginia. Just getting back into diving after a few years’ hiatus. I originally certified ANDI OW in 2010, then SafeAir in 2011. I completed the course work for AOW but, as a broke college student at the time, couldn’t afford the certification dives so I never certified. I was enthusiastic about diving for several years and had the opportunity to dive local quarries, vacation dive in Mexico and the Virgin Islands, and take a couple of outings to La Jolla when I was stationed at Camp Pendleton in CA. My last dive was in 2017 right before a deployment and unfortunately my busy professional life kept me away for far too long. Now that I’ve gotten settled in my post-military career and am wrapping up grad school I am very excited to take a skills refresher, get back in the water, continue my training, and get back to the sport I love. I’ve lurked on this board for a long time and the information and advice here has been invaluable in helping me plan to get back into diving safely, so a huge thank you to the whole SB community, glad to finally be a part of it.
I currently reside in Alexandria, VA and plan to be in this area for the foreseeable future so any and all local recommendations for LSDs, clubs, appropriate newbie sites to get some various re-familiarization dives in after retraining, or any random advice is much appreciated!
Much love,
Meredith
I currently reside in Alexandria, VA and plan to be in this area for the foreseeable future so any and all local recommendations for LSDs, clubs, appropriate newbie sites to get some various re-familiarization dives in after retraining, or any random advice is much appreciated!
Much love,
Meredith