ya canna keep Cap'n Smith in da brig! BAH AH AH AH AHA AH A..
(choke gasp wheeeeeze cough cough)
Remember this as the day you ALMOST caught Cap'n Isaac Smi...
Why does this sound familiar? Have I used this line before or something?
Well, the FBI investigation went well. They said I was not the infamous Ken they were actually looking for and they would be focusing their attention further into Central Florida. Something about "Simon says."
The baby has a bad ear infection and I have to take him to the doctor in the morning, so I may very well be setting up camp in foul weather conditions.
I also have some shopping and gear gathering to do on Friday so I will probably NOT be there until midday or better. I WILL be bringing the megatarp, the banner, and some cooking goodies for brekky! I figure we can set the tarp up over an open, flat area instead of directly next to the firepit. This will give us a large seating area and mildly protect the fire from bad weather. (I am borrowing a portabale firepit.)
I would suppose that if weather is extremely foul, that Ginnie will call off the cleanup. They may not want their support staff topside in metal floating lightning rods during bad weather. I suggest everyone consider this possibility.
I will not be able to dive on Friday, but will be spending the majority of Saturday getting wet, ONE way or ANOTHER! I am picking up a LARGE bottle of my fav rum, and I have been told that grass skirts may be getting smuggled in, in bulk. Then again, this intel was gathered from an illegal phone tap of the Wiggly Weasel Wevolutionaries. A known subcell of the RROLB that has been operating in and around Ginnie Springs. I'm not sure how trustworthy information from weasels could be, but I'm being cautious nonetheless. (BOLO for a bulk smuggling of grass skirts on the river.)
Assuming (here we go) that the food info on the first post is correct, The Wolf Clan will primarilly consist of me and my trusty sidekick, Kiltboy. The rest of the clan is out ill.
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****** I just finished talking with Rose at Ginnie on the phone. We clarified that the pavillion at the Den is not currently RESERVED for the weekend. As such, if foul weather strikes and we need to relocate, we may take over the pavillion for cooking and such. As I will be bringing a portable firepit, we could place it in the center and circle around it in chairs. Worst case scenario. We take over the house!
This is an experimental setup for Ginnie with our group. Their other cleanup dives have not involved the complexity of "group camping/diving/swimming/surface support" ... etc, that we are bringing to this event. If we pull this off well, we will be setting a new standard for Ginnie and ourselves for events such as this. At this point, they are full on for the weekend regardless of weather reports.
*****Saturday morning... Shop opens at 8am!
I am compiling a list of our group specificly. Obviously I will NOT have everyone's names that are coming and will not be attempting to do that here. I will have a main list for Scubaboard members and guests to sign up so WE know who is here. I will attempt to be at the shop before 9 on Saturday to assist with paperwork. ON Friday, I will be snagging a stack of waiver forms.
Ginnie staff MUST be the witness on these forms as they MUST see your C-Card!
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Legal prattle:Everyone is to understand that this is a purely voluntary event, and you take all risks, be it dive related or not on yourself. Obviously, neither the organisrs, scubaboard, or Ginnie will do anything intentionally to harm anyone, but Ginnie wants it stressed that their coverage of this is strictly limited to their own involvement. I told her that we do not carry our own waivers as we are only allowed to use scubaboard's name as a guidance for our location, and people like David and I only organise things to make it easier on individuals who share similar interests. (Florida PimpDivers) This is not an official GROUP gathering of any sort. Just an orgaised chaos of people in a single location.
In other words, we're old school and don't worry about lawsuits unless someone is extremely reckless. Then we handle it amongst ourselves as a communal whipping party! That said...
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I am expecting to be onsite at Turkey roost, no later than 3pm! I'll be bringing some coolers with spare room if anyone needs to put away cold brekky stuff. There WILL be an established PUBLIC food area. Anything on that table is free for all! This way, nobody feels they are taking someone else's chow. If it's on that table it's fair game to walk off, unless beaten down with a BIG stick!
(making up for Andy's 3 letter minimum)
