Paradise it was! And it was!
As many of you know, I had surgery on my hand two months ago, and have little to no strength and a lot of pain. However, spring water seems to be that PERFECT temperature so that it makes it feel a lot better.
Not being sick made a world of difference. Trim and buoyancy were where I expected them to be (no barfing in the cavern this time). I had to repeat only one drill, mainly because I did not understand what was being asked of me. I did have equipment issues at the very end of the dive... just as GDI was going to ask me to do my "valve drills" the left post reg (bungeed) took a major dump! Having a gimp hand worked to my disadvantage as I tried to hold the tank in place with the hurt one, so that I could turn with the second one. But I did it and turned the other post off and then on as well. Just to be safe we ascended with GDI donating in a touch configuration.
Funny thing... GDI had me put on his funky whited out mask and then let me go for the lost line drill. As I was in the "open" I oriented myself and dropped slowly to the floor... ONTO my lost line! WOOO HOOOOO. GDI didn't buy that though, and took me on a tour away from the line and let me do it again! Not a prob!
Rick is an awesome and patient teacher... has to be to deal with instructors who "know it all"
I did see a new "feature" while I was down there. There was a huge impression dug out in the sand... it looked liked where that croc hunter guy wrestled with a really big one. Crikey! There were fin marks EVERYWHERE, and what looked like a face print in the wall.
After the dive I asked GDI what might have caused that, as I have never seen that there before. "SimBrooks" was his reply. "You mean he did that during his lost line drill?" I queried. "No, just needs to work on that bouyancy a bit, eh!"