Roll call for Diving for Science training this weekend

[James R]

I can't make it on Thursdays, as I have other things going on besides work - I go to crossfit central to workout at 12:15pm on Tu and Th.

 

[Foo]

(I was an underwater clown in the shows.)

I think this is waaaaay cool! Tell us some stories! Start a new thread if you don't wanna hijack this one. Please?

 

[navychop]

Class was great. I look forward to enjoying the warm waters of Texas this winter while in volunteer "mode"

I twisted my dive buddy Danny into going.

Rich

 

[vintagediver]

I think this is waaaaay cool! Tell us some stories! Start a new thread if you don't wanna hijack this one. Please?

I went to the former Aquarena employees reunion a few weeks ago. Everyone was older. They reminded me of many things that I had forgotten. There were a lot of memories there.

I am planning to take the science diving course sometime after February.
It will be interesting to see what the place looks like after all these years. I hope they don't mind me diving a double hose. I don't think the Glurpo surface supplied air source is still in use.

 

[navychop]

Sunday Jan 10th- Navychop, DTM, Austinspace, et al. Its going to be cool above the water, 21-44 degrees F, but 72 in the water.

 

[austinspace]

Second-hand reminiscing....

My wife worked in the gift shop at Aquarena back in the day. She tried out to be an aqua-maid, but said she was never able to exhale through her nose under water, as a refined aqua-maid must do. Still, whenever she was allowed to 'snuba' around Spring Lake as far as the hose would allow her to go, whenever she wanted. She recalls it being a 100' hose.

We didn't know about the reunion until after the event. Hopefully there will be another one.

Here's a pic of Glurpo the clown: http://www.ectomo.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/glurpotheclown.jpg

 

[austinspace]

Correction: Sharon didn't work in the gift shop. She sold shots of apple juice at the saloon in the old west town at Aquarena, "Texana Village".

 

[vintagediver]

Second-hand reminiscing....

My wife worked in the gift shop at Aquarena back in the day. She tried out to be an aqua-maid, but said she was never able to exhale through her nose under water, as a refined aqua-maid must do. Still, whenever she was allowed to 'snuba' around Spring Lake as far as the hose would allow her to go, whenever she wanted. She recalls it being a 100' hose.

We didn't know about the reunion until after the event. Hopefully there will be another one.

Here's a pic of Glurpo the clown: http://www.ectomo.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/glurpotheclown.jpg

That picture is of the "Old Weekee Wachee Glurpo" before he moved to the South Pacific. He was lucky because he could wear a wetsuit.The Glurpo I portrayed was with a weighted grass loin cloth, oval mask, wig made of a bathing cap with black shag carpet glued to it, and a weighted Polynesian ley. The duck fins and air hose look familiar. We had to shave smooth so that we didn't have a 5 o'clock shadow of bubbles.

 

[scubashawn123]

Yep, have not had a day off since diving last month.

Looking at the underwater camera and the Perch that is reminding me that the underwater world goes on no matter how much I have to wait until I can get my next dive day in.



Did I mention how cold it has been in Austin the past couple days?

 

[carrielsal]

Shawn,
We missed you out there today.
Carrie