ScubaSteve2000
Contributor
I'm baaack. And what a day to get wet for the first time in three months. Azdiver23 (Josh B) and I met at Vista Point at around 9:00am and there were a ton of divers already in the water. We ran into John Flanders and he said there were at least three classes going on with about a dozen divers each. Obviously the rain was kept away by the sheer force of will of three dozen divers. There were so many people there that Josh and I were parked about a quarter mile from where we would get into the water. Dangit! We mosied over to Spring Canyon Landing.
SCL was a hoot. Easy in and out. We parked right at the water's edge. It was great. We geared up and I'm happy to say it takes me just as long as ever to get into the water (sorry Josh). I brought both my 7 mil and my drysuit figuring if it was raining I would dive wet but the rain stayed up in the clouds so I donned the skull suit, kind of. I had a little trouble even getting into my undergarment. The shoulder is healing fine but my mobility is still a bit limited. Thanks to Josh for wrenching my arm into my undergarment and drysuit (appologies to my surgeon and physical therapist).
On the first dive we were going to skirt along the right side of the boat ramp and find the rail, then follow it down. We started out that way but when we got to the trench I couldn't resist it. I motioned to Josh that I wanted to follow the trench and he agreed so down we went. I was really in the moment. I didn't have as hard a time as I thought I would keeping ahead of my bouyancy changes. Guess it's like falling off a bike, or something like that.
During our SI, several folks showed up with 2-man sailboats. Gee, diving and a floor show. Entertainment value aside, Josh and I helped some of them keep their sailboats under control from the wind while their partner ran the boat trailer back to the car. After the sailboats cleared out we got back into the water. This time we made it to the rail and back.
SCL was a hoot. Easy in and out. We parked right at the water's edge. It was great. We geared up and I'm happy to say it takes me just as long as ever to get into the water (sorry Josh). I brought both my 7 mil and my drysuit figuring if it was raining I would dive wet but the rain stayed up in the clouds so I donned the skull suit, kind of. I had a little trouble even getting into my undergarment. The shoulder is healing fine but my mobility is still a bit limited. Thanks to Josh for wrenching my arm into my undergarment and drysuit (appologies to my surgeon and physical therapist).
On the first dive we were going to skirt along the right side of the boat ramp and find the rail, then follow it down. We started out that way but when we got to the trench I couldn't resist it. I motioned to Josh that I wanted to follow the trench and he agreed so down we went. I was really in the moment. I didn't have as hard a time as I thought I would keeping ahead of my bouyancy changes. Guess it's like falling off a bike, or something like that.
During our SI, several folks showed up with 2-man sailboats. Gee, diving and a floor show. Entertainment value aside, Josh and I helped some of them keep their sailboats under control from the wind while their partner ran the boat trailer back to the car. After the sailboats cleared out we got back into the water. This time we made it to the rail and back.