photohikedive
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Well, it was an interesting day at the new old spring. Baydive20 joined us (well, beat us there, and she planned the dive, but that is just details) at the spring for an afternoon dive. We suited up and hit the water, of course I waited until after the camera was wet, to take a picture.....
We then decended, ok, they went, I followed......
baydive20 made her way into the main cavern followed by yours truely. I showed her the new openings being created. (or is it old ones, reopening?)
Morrison is being very dynamic lately. There are few places on the floor, that do not bubble up the sand. The old opening at the deepest point of the cave is spewing much more sand. The hill of sand at the outflow side of the opening, seems to be getting bigger. The main rock that we swim around, has a very definate opening all the way under it now. Looking back towards the opening, you can see the new warning sign (Perrone, you don't need to bring one, someone beat you to it).
At this point, baydive20 and I turned the dive. Unfortunately, my rechargable batteries gave up. We made our way to the "smaller" cave to do our safety stop. I decided to poke my head into the small opening on the left. It keeps getting bigger every dive. This time it was more than open enough for me to enter. Having done it, I need to express how lucky I was. This is not just an extension of the cavern. It stops being a cavern almost immediately because you lose visible daylight.
*WARNING* DO NOT ENTER WITHOUT CAVE TRAINING *
I just went in a small ways, maybe five feet. It silts up easily and there are several side passages to get lost in. Baydive stayed just outside the opening and when she saw my fins dissapear, shined her light in. I kept an eye behind me, to see where daylight stopped being visible, it was almost immediate. The side tunnels are small and silt filled, not interesting enough to make it worth getting lost and dying for. I just hope that we don't lose anyone in this, causing the place to be closed down.
We turned around and explored the upper section of the side cavern. baydive seemed to have found the airpockets interesting. It is always fun to be able to talk, even briefly while "underwater".
We then exited the small cavern, and made another pause at the log where we rejoined MDB. I was able to coax one more shot from the camera before it gave up entirely.
We then made our way to a food place. We tried the little resturaunt just before the highway, the Red Rooster, or something like that. Food was pretty good. Not quite as homey feeling as Sally's but a nice change. It was another great dive at a "boring" spring. Also it was another great dive with one of the people that I have met thanks to scubaboard. Thank you baydive for joining us, we can't wait to dive with you again.
We then decended, ok, they went, I followed......
baydive20 made her way into the main cavern followed by yours truely. I showed her the new openings being created. (or is it old ones, reopening?)
Morrison is being very dynamic lately. There are few places on the floor, that do not bubble up the sand. The old opening at the deepest point of the cave is spewing much more sand. The hill of sand at the outflow side of the opening, seems to be getting bigger. The main rock that we swim around, has a very definate opening all the way under it now. Looking back towards the opening, you can see the new warning sign (Perrone, you don't need to bring one, someone beat you to it).
At this point, baydive20 and I turned the dive. Unfortunately, my rechargable batteries gave up. We made our way to the "smaller" cave to do our safety stop. I decided to poke my head into the small opening on the left. It keeps getting bigger every dive. This time it was more than open enough for me to enter. Having done it, I need to express how lucky I was. This is not just an extension of the cavern. It stops being a cavern almost immediately because you lose visible daylight.
*WARNING* DO NOT ENTER WITHOUT CAVE TRAINING *
I just went in a small ways, maybe five feet. It silts up easily and there are several side passages to get lost in. Baydive stayed just outside the opening and when she saw my fins dissapear, shined her light in. I kept an eye behind me, to see where daylight stopped being visible, it was almost immediate. The side tunnels are small and silt filled, not interesting enough to make it worth getting lost and dying for. I just hope that we don't lose anyone in this, causing the place to be closed down.
We turned around and explored the upper section of the side cavern. baydive seemed to have found the airpockets interesting. It is always fun to be able to talk, even briefly while "underwater".
We then exited the small cavern, and made another pause at the log where we rejoined MDB. I was able to coax one more shot from the camera before it gave up entirely.
We then made our way to a food place. We tried the little resturaunt just before the highway, the Red Rooster, or something like that. Food was pretty good. Not quite as homey feeling as Sally's but a nice change. It was another great dive at a "boring" spring. Also it was another great dive with one of the people that I have met thanks to scubaboard. Thank you baydive for joining us, we can't wait to dive with you again.
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