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Ice Diving in Iowa
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scubashawn123
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richerso
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LOL! Thanks guys! Much appreciated. Feel the love in the room! LOL!
Wow! This is kind of entertaining in itself. This thread has legs . . . . . . and I haven't even posted anything yet! Ha!
I was kind of hoping Randy would chime in at some point but I know he's been busy too. He has the really interesting (read this underwater) photos. All of my stuff is just top side photos. I don't have a camera housing and so far no one has volunteered to give one to me.
Wow! This is kind of entertaining in itself. This thread has legs . . . . . . and I haven't even posted anything yet! Ha!
I was kind of hoping Randy would chime in at some point but I know he's been busy too. He has the really interesting (read this underwater) photos. All of my stuff is just top side photos. I don't have a camera housing and so far no one has volunteered to give one to me.
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Debraw
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the pressure is mounting, must be at least 2600 psi now.....
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So here we go. Maurice, Randy and I loaded up into the Randy-van and started driving towards Iowa. It was about a 14 hour trek up that way. Along the way, as we were driving through northern Oklahoma (I-35 north of OKC) we encountered some snow and ice on the road. Since Oklahoma only has 3 snow plows to clear the entire state, the road was in, shall we say, snowy condition.
Once we got into Kansas, we drove the Kansas turnpike and trekked our way on into Nebraska. Got to drive through Nebraska City, NE. Now there's a piece of Midwest Americana. Classic small midwest farming community out in the middile of nowhere. Wow!
Spent a short amount of time in Nebraska before turning to the east for a few miles and we emerged into the far SW corner of Iowa. Upon entering Iowa, I tried to talk the guys into making a detour:
They didn't go for it for some reason.
We travelled on along to Arnold's Park Iowa. Arnold's Park is the proud home of an amusement park. Between the amusement park and the Lake Okoboji is the dive shop, Blue Water Divers.
And here are a couple of shots of Lake Okoboji. Of course the lake is frozen this time of year.
Once we got into Kansas, we drove the Kansas turnpike and trekked our way on into Nebraska. Got to drive through Nebraska City, NE. Now there's a piece of Midwest Americana. Classic small midwest farming community out in the middile of nowhere. Wow!
Spent a short amount of time in Nebraska before turning to the east for a few miles and we emerged into the far SW corner of Iowa. Upon entering Iowa, I tried to talk the guys into making a detour:
They didn't go for it for some reason.
We travelled on along to Arnold's Park Iowa. Arnold's Park is the proud home of an amusement park. Between the amusement park and the Lake Okoboji is the dive shop, Blue Water Divers.
And here are a couple of shots of Lake Okoboji. Of course the lake is frozen this time of year.
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richerso
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Then there was this little stunt Randy pulled by driving his van out onto the ice :11:
Some times you just can't reason with people dumb enough to go diving under the ice
The weekend we were there, there was a big snow mobile drag racing competition in progress about 600 yards away from our dive site. That was kind of entertaining. Have you ever heard a snow mobile "dragster" running 60 mph across the ice?
And finally, here is where we went diving. Inside this little "ice hut" is a hole in the floor with a hole cut through the ice.
Some times you just can't reason with people dumb enough to go diving under the ice
The weekend we were there, there was a big snow mobile drag racing competition in progress about 600 yards away from our dive site. That was kind of entertaining. Have you ever heard a snow mobile "dragster" running 60 mph across the ice?
And finally, here is where we went diving. Inside this little "ice hut" is a hole in the floor with a hole cut through the ice.
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richerso
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Y'all are gonna have to wait for Randy to post some info about the dives themselves. I just don't have any underwater photos. Once again, it's that pesky lack-of-an-underwater-housing thing gettin' in the way.
Here is a pic of our gracious northern hosts, Pat and Dave of Blue Water Divers.
There are a few other hearty divers at the shop on this day besides yours truly, Randy and Maurice.
Remember when Randy was driving his van out on the ice? Well, we were behaving like a bunch of teenagers who had borrowed dad's car. Randy started turning donuts on the ice ! ! ! Ha! Here's one picture:
Here is a pic of our gracious northern hosts, Pat and Dave of Blue Water Divers.
There are a few other hearty divers at the shop on this day besides yours truly, Randy and Maurice.
Remember when Randy was driving his van out on the ice? Well, we were behaving like a bunch of teenagers who had borrowed dad's car. Randy started turning donuts on the ice ! ! ! Ha! Here's one picture:
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