SeaYoda
Contributor
I got a late start getting out of work at 2 pm and seaangel met me in the lobby. She and her sister followed me up to the spring w/o incident. We were on 181 when my cell rang - PHD calling "where are you?". Arriving at the spring, we made our greetings - I was fully clothed in work attire (something that seemed to amuse MDB 
) so a quick change and on with the gear. I entered the water and, although last there, was second ready after the snorkel queen. Every body suited up and as SA and I were ready to dive, Puff and PHD were on the surface. They had done a short cavern hello and Puff had some buoyancy issues with his 14 mm suit. SA and I headed to the cavern and were joined by PHD in a few minutes. The floor was bubbling sand in several places. Here is PHD playing in the main boil:
He tried to squeeze in every crack down there, but he did end up back on the surface at the end of the dive. Here is SA in the cavern:
We finished playing in the lower cavern and headed up to the upper. Some changes are happening in that cavern, one is that the small offshoot to the left seems to be getting bigger - or at least the entrance is anyway. Here's a pic:
There was also a larger air pocket than I've ever seen there. We played in and around it for a while. Here are some pics:
Back out to the basin and on to the platform for some off-gassing and refreshments - included here is a picture of the snorkel queen MDB.
We also encountered some alien life forms at the end of the dive:
We then headed off to Sally's to eat and hide from a thunderstorm. The power even went out for a couple seconds - all was OK, we had our food already. We parted ways after a good dive, good food, and a good chat.
) so a quick change and on with the gear. I entered the water and, although last there, was second ready after the snorkel queen. Every body suited up and as SA and I were ready to dive, Puff and PHD were on the surface. They had done a short cavern hello and Puff had some buoyancy issues with his 14 mm suit. SA and I headed to the cavern and were joined by PHD in a few minutes. The floor was bubbling sand in several places. Here is PHD playing in the main boil:
He tried to squeeze in every crack down there, but he did end up back on the surface at the end of the dive. Here is SA in the cavern:
We finished playing in the lower cavern and headed up to the upper. Some changes are happening in that cavern, one is that the small offshoot to the left seems to be getting bigger - or at least the entrance is anyway. Here's a pic:
There was also a larger air pocket than I've ever seen there. We played in and around it for a while. Here are some pics:
Back out to the basin and on to the platform for some off-gassing and refreshments - included here is a picture of the snorkel queen MDB.
We also encountered some alien life forms at the end of the dive:
We then headed off to Sally's to eat and hide from a thunderstorm. The power even went out for a couple seconds - all was OK, we had our food already
. We parted ways after a good dive, good food, and a good chat.
Looks like a horrible time, I'm so glad I didn't ditch work to meet up with you guys...
