If you weren't addicted to diving...

[Saboteur]

Then there is building fishing rods, buying and refurbishing antique straight razors. I shave with 100 year old razors.
Now that sounds cool.....

 

[Divegoose]

If I wasn't so addicted to diving, the first thing I would do is move back to Alberta from Vancouver Island. Although it is beautiful here, the cost of the ferry is getting way out of control. When ferry fares comprise 30 to 40 percent of my holiday expenses, it is way too much.

Once back in Alberta I would spend as much time as possible camping and hiking in Kananaskis Country. Might even try backpacking in the mountains. Lots of great areas to explore.

In the fall I would be in the bush looking for a buck, elk or moose to provide meat for the freezer.

Divegoose

 

[Russoft]

If I wasn't so addicted to diving, the first thing I would do is move back to Alberta from Vancouver Island. Although it is beautiful here, the cost of the ferry is getting way out of control. When ferry fares comprise 30 to 40 percent of my holiday expenses, it is way too much.

Once back in Alberta I would spend as much time as possible camping and hiking in Kananaskis Country. Might even try backpacking in the mountains. Lots of great areas to explore.

In the fall I would be in the bush looking for a buck, elk or moose to provide meat for the freezer.

Divegoose

Alberta is (was) home for me too! Diving is better in Minnesota, so I can't complain too much.

 

[Bruno Genovese]

I remember reading somewhere that "life is what happens underwater, everything else is surface interval".

 

[Russoft]

I remember reading somewhere that "life is what happens underwater, everything else is surface interval".

My surface intervals are much longer than I'd like

 

[Themerrydiver]

While diving is my new favorite pleasure, I usually walk every day and work out at the gym 3 times a week. I'm recovering from a surgery on my hand so I have't been to the gym in a couple weeks and I miss it. We have a dive trip planned for the end of November but it can't arrive soon enough! We're trying to find a way to squeeze in a dive trip to Hawaii before then but so far haven't been able to work it out. Not giving up yet though! I certainly understand the dive addiction! I haven't been diving long but I love it.

 

[Bogtrotter]

I wish I lived near near Kananaskis Country -awesome fly fishing

 

[Themerrydiver]

great photos

 

[Themerrydiver]

I am retired after 30+ years in the RCAF, so I have plenty of time for hobbies. Unfortunately, being on a pension does not leave as much money as I would like for these hobbies. Right now, I have three hobbies that I try to balance and two of those are intertwined. I dive, I am an avid photographer (not only underwater, but everything from landscapes, to astro-photography, car racing (although I haven't been to a race in several years) and airshows. I also shoot "competitively". I shoot IDPA - the International Defensive Pistol Association.

If I couldn't dive, I would probably focus my time, energy and money into the other two. I have always wanted to travel to Iceland and photograph the "Fire & Ice", and to go to Wales for a week or so photographing the "Mach Loop" or Death Valley not only for the Landscapes and Night sky, but also a quick side trip to the "Jedi Transition".

Just for giggles, here are a few pics that I have shot over the years:

Green River Overlook (Canyonlands NP Moab UT)
View attachment 423933

Mesa Arch at Dawn (Canyonlands NP Moab UT)
View attachment 423934

Balanced Rock, ISS, Milky Way and Venus rising (Arches NP Moab UT)
View attachment 423935

Sunbeams - Upper Antelope Canyon (Page AZ)
View attachment 423938

Louisiana Air National Guard F15 - The "Bayou Militia"
View attachment 423936

CF18
View attachment 423937

Great photos!!

 

[Hoag]

Great photos!!

Thank you.