richerso
Contributor
This trip was sponsored and/or coordinated by the Diving Rebels Scuba Club and the Scuba Dillos Diving Club.
Okay,
So my report really starts on Feb 22.
I drove up to Marietta Landing on Feb 22; arrived at approx. 3:00pm. Much to my surprise, I discovered that I was the first person there! That never happens. Fortunately, three other divers showed up within 15 minutes
We set up camp and just settled in for a nice relaxing camp out for Friday night. After setting up camp, I wandered around a bit and did my best impression of a nerd. One of the Rebels members put together a list of geocache sites in the area. I bumbled around a bit and found one cache site before it started getting dark. While I was out caching, Timeliner showed up! Hi Time ! ! !
Leonard, Annika and Barbara invited me to join there camp site That was nice! Turned out to be a lot of fun too! L, A & B were extremely nice people. I had a wonderful steak and potatoes dinner on Friday night Yummy! Time showed up and set up the Gypsy Girl next to our camp site. Friday night was just a wonderful time with friends, beer, food and a campfire. Absolutely delightful!
Friday night was very cold too. Fortunately, we had a space heater in our tent Unfortunately, it popped a circuit breaker at 2am; and we couldn't find the "circuit breaker" that was hidden on the extension cord. Go figure. It got kind of cold after that.
On Saturday morning, Leonard and Annika prepared a wonderful breakfast :14: Scrumptious! Thanks L & A !!! Saturday morning into Saturday afternoon, the rest of the Rebels and Dillos began showing up. I had a great time with friends and club members on Saturday. I had so much fun, I forgot to do any diving.
I did have a good time though. I bumbled around some more on Sat morning and found another geocache site. Yes. I am a nerd. For this exercise, I dragged Time along. He actually spotted the cache as we approached within 12 ft.
Saturday afternoon, the Rebels and Dillos hosted a magnificent feast for the whole crowd of an estimated 60 - 80 divers and family in attendance. After dinner, we had one of those awesome, and legendary, February bonfires ! ! ! How awesome! The fire did not threaten to catch any trees on fire this year.
Towards the end of the bonfire, having plenty o' food and plenty o' beer in my tummy, I opted to go to bed. I still didn't get to bed for about another hour or so. It was all good though. As I dozed off to sleep, I thought I overheard someone in the camp say something about a missing diver :11:
At the time, the missing person assessment didn't really seem to urgent. It was more of a question. Where's Pauly? I haven't seen Pauly in a while. Name has been changed to protect the innocent / guilty. I awakened around 1:00am. My tentmate thought that she overheard someone in the camp ask "Do we need to mount a Search and Rescue effort?" :11:
Okay,
So my report really starts on Feb 22.
I drove up to Marietta Landing on Feb 22; arrived at approx. 3:00pm. Much to my surprise, I discovered that I was the first person there! That never happens. Fortunately, three other divers showed up within 15 minutes
We set up camp and just settled in for a nice relaxing camp out for Friday night. After setting up camp, I wandered around a bit and did my best impression of a nerd. One of the Rebels members put together a list of geocache sites in the area. I bumbled around a bit and found one cache site before it started getting dark. While I was out caching, Timeliner showed up! Hi Time ! ! !
Leonard, Annika and Barbara invited me to join there camp site
That was nice! Turned out to be a lot of fun too! L, A & B were extremely nice people. I had a wonderful steak and potatoes dinner on Friday night Yummy! Time showed up and set up the Gypsy Girl next to our camp site. Friday night was just a wonderful time with friends, beer, food and a campfire. Absolutely delightful!Friday night was very cold too. Fortunately, we had a space heater in our tent
Unfortunately, it popped a circuit breaker at 2am; and we couldn't find the "circuit breaker" that was hidden on the extension cord. Go figure. It got kind of cold after that.On Saturday morning, Leonard and Annika prepared a wonderful breakfast :14: Scrumptious! Thanks L & A !!! Saturday morning into Saturday afternoon, the rest of the Rebels and Dillos began showing up. I had a great time with friends and club members on Saturday. I had so much fun, I forgot to do any diving.
I did have a good time though. I bumbled around some more on Sat morning and found another geocache site. Yes. I am a nerd. For this exercise, I dragged Time along. He actually spotted the cache as we approached within 12 ft.Saturday afternoon, the Rebels and Dillos hosted a magnificent feast for the whole crowd of an estimated 60 - 80 divers and family in attendance. After dinner, we had one of those awesome, and legendary, February bonfires ! ! ! How awesome! The fire did not threaten to catch any trees on fire this year.
Towards the end of the bonfire, having plenty o' food and plenty o' beer in my tummy, I opted to go to bed. I still didn't get to bed for about another hour or so. It was all good though. As I dozed off to sleep, I thought I overheard someone in the camp say something about a missing diver :11:
At the time, the missing person assessment didn't really seem to urgent. It was more of a question. Where's Pauly? I haven't seen Pauly in a while. Name has been changed to protect the innocent / guilty. I awakened around 1:00am. My tentmate thought that she overheard someone in the camp ask "Do we need to mount a Search and Rescue effort?" :11:
