Invitation to Dive Ginnie 5/24

[The Chairman]

As Peter and I were in our respective cars to go... FHP pulled in with two cruisers. I bet the drunks got off of them thar ATVs fast!!!

It was definitely a party weekend. Definitely a party place. It was back in the 70s too. Go figure!!!

 

[Dr. Jay]

Here come the pics that turned out...well....mostly turned out. I ended up eliminating 65 out of 135 pics I took. Here's some of the ones that turned out a little better than others. I'll be posting a few in the UW Photography forum as soon as I get them uploaded. I had a great time, and the idiot convention (loud, obnoxious drunks) going on at Ginnie seems to be becoming a usual occurence.

It was a pleasure diving with all of you and I look forward to doing it again sometime!

Here's a shot of pretty much the whole group getting ready for the first dive.

 

[Dr. Jay]

Here's a group pic of NetDoc (Pete-front left) showing something (maybe the shark's tooth from Venice Beach) to HarleyDiver (Lance-back left) and _Kurt_ (Kurt-back right) and Wendy (Wendy-front right).

 

[Dr. Jay]

Here's a pic of the entrance to Ginnie Springs main spring.

Only one of the 3 I got out before my battery died :banging:.

Lesson learned: Go into a dive with a fully charged battery.

 

[Dr. Jay]

And on with the second set of dives. These were at the Devil's System (Little Devil, Devil's Eye, and Devil's Ear).

The first dive was to Little Devil. The viz was horrible (as it usually is there). This is where all the drunken folks jump into the water and start kicking all the mess around......ummm....Rototiller might be a proper word?

Anyway, just to give you an idea of the visibility, here's a pic of Wendy with her "lightsaber".

 

[Dr. Jay]

Before getting in, ABQDiver (Kevin) and Krista (KBeck) had to point out the "No Diving" sign at the entrance to Little Devil.

D'oh!

(the "no" got a little covered up by ABQDiver's hand)

 

[Dr. Jay]

NetDoc (Pete) decided to demonstrate a new mask defogging technique to the whole group.

 

[Dr. Jay]

ABQDiver (Kevin) didn't seem too interested in that technique......

just kidding

 

[Dr. Jay]

Devil's Eye......excellent viz.

This one's a cool dive. It's like a big, round hole that goes straight down into the cave entrance.

Here's a pic of JaxDiver (Troy) down in the eye.

 

[Dr. Jay]

Staring at the ground, I found a little flounder. I'm glad I pointed it out to NetDoc, otherwise it would be called a "little flat fish".