Well, we all survived the trip!!! As a matter of fact, I think the only thing that I lost was my pride and dignity after a night of the pub crawl.
We did two dives each day, after a hearty breakfast of eggs and whitefish! After the dives, we refilled our tanks, and then took off on the fudge and beer crawl! Mackinaw City has lots to offer and we only scratched the surface. One highlight is that I finally had a chance to see the laser show that I missed last year.
We had 4 days of great diving- depths ranged from 65' to 120' and temps were downright balmy in the mid 40s. We dove the Cedarville, the Eber Ward, the Maitland, the Young, the Barnum, and the Minneapolis. On the last day, we had the pleasure of diving with Doug and his son Travis. I skipped the last dive due to a neckseal leak, but it was an interesting experiment on how well my Weezles would stand up to 43f water!
I don't have any good pictures of the Cedarville, since I was still mastering the whole art of underwater photography The Cedarville is a 588' freighter that sank in 1965. This was the only steel wreck we dove and she is a big 'un- almost as big as the Bradley!!
Next we dove the Eber Ward, which is a 213' steamer that sank in 1909. She is very much intact and she even sports some Great Lakes porcelain. In the third picture, you might be able to see an anchor in the background.
Here are some pictures from the Maitland, which is a 133' bark that sank in a triple collision in 1871. The gash that sank her is quite evident. Her masts were salvaged shortly after she sank, so the mast holes are empty.
We did two dives each day, after a hearty breakfast of eggs and whitefish! After the dives, we refilled our tanks, and then took off on the fudge and beer crawl! Mackinaw City has lots to offer and we only scratched the surface. One highlight is that I finally had a chance to see the laser show that I missed last year.
We had 4 days of great diving- depths ranged from 65' to 120' and temps were downright balmy in the mid 40s. We dove the Cedarville, the Eber Ward, the Maitland, the Young, the Barnum, and the Minneapolis. On the last day, we had the pleasure of diving with Doug and his son Travis. I skipped the last dive due to a neckseal leak, but it was an interesting experiment on how well my Weezles would stand up to 43f water!
I don't have any good pictures of the Cedarville, since I was still mastering the whole art of underwater photography The Cedarville is a 588' freighter that sank in 1965. This was the only steel wreck we dove and she is a big 'un- almost as big as the Bradley!!
Next we dove the Eber Ward, which is a 213' steamer that sank in 1909. She is very much intact and she even sports some Great Lakes porcelain. In the third picture, you might be able to see an anchor in the background.
Here are some pictures from the Maitland, which is a 133' bark that sank in a triple collision in 1871. The gash that sank her is quite evident. Her masts were salvaged shortly after she sank, so the mast holes are empty.