cmufieldhockey8
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Denisegg and I did some dives on Saturday during Edd's Cave Adventurer's customer appreciation cookout. Lots of food, fun, and cave divers. Our first dive Denise had some pre-existing reel problems so I ran up and got my reel. We went down the breakdown and back.
Ran into PerroneFord and Jimdiverman, divaholic and wife and lots of other cave divers during the day
2nd dive I had ear clearing problems so we did an OW dive around the fence which is quite pleasant- lots of fish and plant life. I ran a line and we practiced skills which is always nice to do. I hadn't done an airshare in a while and havn't done much with that in sidemount so it was good for both of us.
We got some grub, Denise ironically won the NSS cavern diving manual, and Edd gave my scooter away to somebody else. Thankfully that somebody else was not present because he would've been mugged by a mob of angry cave divers.
Our third dive was fabulous; the egg has become quite a cave woman.
And now the real reason I'm posting- Morrison. Denise wasn't feeling well Sunday and despite the crowd of divers on Saturday, nobody was left on Sunday for me to buddy up with. I decided to stop at Morrison and see how close the boat ramp is to the spring- well it's pretty darn close. Ridiculously close actually. The park has really done a nice job with the boat launch area, it looks really nice. There are "no diving" signs by the boat ramp but somebody I ran into also said those no diving signs were all over the place in the park so maybe they don't mean scuba diving. I doubt it, but regardless I geared up and hopped in and had an awesome dive.
The swim to the spring was really cool because there was a thin layer of tannic water on top which I've never gotten to observe. There was a school of big fish that encircled me and I felt like I was in the ocean. Then I got to the spring and it opened up into beautiful cobalt blue water. Gorgeous! Inside the cavern it was just as we left it, except I saw a huge eel. They've been getting fat while we've been away. Sadly I have no underwater camera to share this with you.
If it's not illegal to enter the water at the boat ramp I don't see any reason to let that keep anybody from diving Morrison.
Ran into PerroneFord and Jimdiverman, divaholic and wife and lots of other cave divers during the day
2nd dive I had ear clearing problems so we did an OW dive around the fence which is quite pleasant- lots of fish and plant life. I ran a line and we practiced skills which is always nice to do. I hadn't done an airshare in a while and havn't done much with that in sidemount so it was good for both of us.
We got some grub, Denise ironically won the NSS cavern diving manual, and Edd gave my scooter away to somebody else. Thankfully that somebody else was not present because he would've been mugged by a mob of angry cave divers.
Our third dive was fabulous; the egg has become quite a cave woman.
And now the real reason I'm posting- Morrison. Denise wasn't feeling well Sunday and despite the crowd of divers on Saturday, nobody was left on Sunday for me to buddy up with. I decided to stop at Morrison and see how close the boat ramp is to the spring- well it's pretty darn close. Ridiculously close actually. The park has really done a nice job with the boat launch area, it looks really nice. There are "no diving" signs by the boat ramp but somebody I ran into also said those no diving signs were all over the place in the park so maybe they don't mean scuba diving. I doubt it, but regardless I geared up and hopped in and had an awesome dive.
The swim to the spring was really cool because there was a thin layer of tannic water on top which I've never gotten to observe. There was a school of big fish that encircled me and I felt like I was in the ocean. Then I got to the spring and it opened up into beautiful cobalt blue water. Gorgeous! Inside the cavern it was just as we left it, except I saw a huge eel. They've been getting fat while we've been away. Sadly I have no underwater camera to share this with you.
If it's not illegal to enter the water at the boat ramp I don't see any reason to let that keep anybody from diving Morrison.
I have a left and a right that Edd set up for me on steel 95's in case I wanted to double mount them later but the only problem is when configuring gear it is a little different with each tank because of the positioning of the valves so I was going to get Gordon to swap it out so both would be the same. Edd helped me by repositioning the H on one of the tanks though. I am still working on getting all my gear configuration and hoses routed properly.
