Had a nice day in Austin and was lucky to see and visit with k-valve and Joanna.Cordry....both were busy setting up camp sites for the weekend (note-- K-valve had a 'MASH' type set-up...he told me he had to run for a late afternoon meeting, but I think it was just to retrieve more stuff!
Ha! Yep, I was prepared for the weekend alright!
Truth is I did have a meeting...although a LP121 I ordered arrived Friday late. I picked that bad boy up Saturday, but didn't get a chance to dive it!
What a great weekend! It was great seeing Alan...wish we could've dived together. Next time, bud, next time. It was cool meeting some new folks...Joanna, Jerry, Neal, Kim...and several others whose names I'm forgetting right now. It was nice diving with Kerry, John L, Brandon, Kim, Shawn, Bill, Brian, and doing a little solo diving here and there.
We did find the elusive scoreboard. For those of you interested in locating it go over to the public side of WP, right at the point. Look out across the lake a bearing of about 25 degrees. You'll see a swim area buoy and a boat house on the other side of the lake with a green roof. Submerge and head in the vicinity of the buoy and boathouse. When you hit 75' take a left and stay at that depth. Eventually you'll pass under a rope that is running perpendicular to your heading. At that point start looking for a cable that is running parallel to your heading. Once you find the cable follow it and it will take you right to the scoreboard, the top of which is around 72'.
We found all kinds of other stuff too...an old finger spool, a snorkel, a pretty nice pair of sunglasses and one of the LCRA swim area buoys that sunk during the flooding. I carted that thing to the shore and left it there for Richard or whoever might want it. The rest is me own personal treasure (pirate accent required)!
Travis water temps are still awesome! Surface temps ranged in the upper seventies. Temps at max depth were consistently in the mid-seventies. I did a night dive to 165'. The temp at that depth was 73 degrees. Not bad...the water temp was warmer than the air temp for most of the morning and night!
Thanks for organizing the weekend, Shawn. I think everyone had a great time!! Sorry to have to kick your @$$ in the underwater pumpkin carving (NOT!!!)...but I told you I would and a good Texan always keeps their promises!!
