The Official Let's Get Together and Go Diving Thread

[ScottyK]

Hey, it was great getting together with everyone yesterday. How much more diving did you guys do after we left?

It's a good thing we left when we did. As I suspected, Jen was more sick than she was letting on. She wanted to dive some more and was trying to fight it off. The cold moved up into her head on the way home, and she's half dead and buried under a pile of blankets right now.

Still, we had a good time and are hoping to get out a few more times before the weather gets worse. I'll keep you posted and my open invite still stands.

Scott

 

[grouchyturtle]

Yeah it was a great little trip even though we didn't all get to dive together. Things looked much more organized here on the board than they wound up in the end.

Jen getting sick, me being late (with the West Virginia signs), all of our maybes being no shows, members stealing other member's equipment (mwilding's lift bag, who showed up later after his class, but didn't get to dive with any of us)! And of course "Where's the trolley?"

And we totally forgot to talk about any of the specifics of the club!

But hey we did find the little known telephone pole dive! Maybe that should be our logo ( the 3 states in perspective with a phone pole in the middle, with a dive flag hanging from it!)

Scott and Jen - thanks for the burgers and dogs, I owe you a mustard next time (sitting in my fridge)! I'm def into doing an LI dive next weekend. Saturday will be better for me, keep me posted.

Doug - forgot soup bowl and pot, got that too, (but it wouldn't be a normal day if Doug didn't forget something)

Martin - got all those books yesterday while I was gone (Jeeeeeeeeersey shore dive!)

Also someone left a sheet behind (I think it has leaves on it) (printed that is, not from the spring!)

We did 2 more (me, Martin, Doug, John, and Carl) did the, Commet, plane, crane, and a little loop around the island)

Then me and Doug did one last one along the wall towards the other side (where the school bus is) saw some of them fresh water mini-bugs hiding in the wall.

Hey at least now 6 of the founding members have dove together, though, not all at once. Hey are either of the Johns or Jen, on the board? I know JohnT from NJ isn't. Just trying to figure out who from the board was there.

XJae
ScottyK
grunzster
mwilding
docmartin
ingreevox
Jen and the Johns

We didn't even really take all those pictures we were talking about.

I'll start the official pictures thread soon, though I'm sure XJae has some much better shots, especially with my batteries dying, and forgetting to change that stupid little switch, when I put the new ones in! I really need that housing for the good camera!

 

[IzzyTahil]

Sorry I missed the get together at DS! Last minute trip to CT prevented that! Anyone up to diving this coming weekned at DS?

 

[XJae]

That was an awesome first get together.

I did get a lot of good photos, although most are from friday.
The vis was about 60-70', there were less than ten people in the water the whole day.
I'll try to put something together on the web tonight.

G- I hope that shot you took of john at the telephone pole comes out good. Turns out that the ~15-30 degree compass miscalculation brought us right to the pole up the ridge and then just beyond to the dynamite shack. The shot I have of the shack is really fuzzy, although you can almost make out the sandbags.

SK- Sorry we missed you at the trolley. I don't think that map is too accurate. I hope to get out to the isl. before you go.

DM- Thanks for reminding me that I need doubles. Besides, if you weren't a fish you would have never been able to rescue that missing diver.

I look forward to diving with all of you again soon.
Maybe a Jersey boat dive?

 

[ScottyK]

Chris- The sheet was mine. Don't worry, I buy them for $5 apiece at a liquidation place just to use for diving and the beach. You can keep it, or bring it out the next time you dive with me.

The mustard I want back though

Jen is not an enrolled Scubaboard member. She has too many snooping brown nosers in her office to surf during the day, and has school and homework at night. I do copy/paste interesting posts or threads for her to read though.

Xjae- Don't worry about the trolley, as you discovered the elusive telephone pole

The map did suck. I actually took a chance and cruised a straight line right off the submerged rockpile. The map showed the trolley parallel to it, and my guess landed us almost right on top of it.

I'm glad you guys got some more dives in. As miserable as she felt, not getting in another dive was bothering Jen more than the cold.

 

[BOATS313]

Sorry I missed the first dive, sounds like it was a good time. I had some gear issues and I just couldn't bring myself to drive 3 hours each way without my own tanks. (check in tank valve forum for discription) Anyway I hope I can make it to a gathering soon. With my work schedual it my be a while though. Oh well nothing like diving in the snow.
Eric

 

[grouchyturtle]

Actually the telephone pole was right when my batteries died. I figured that was the road VTernovski is always talking about. I didn't see the shack though. Maybe next time.

We also probably weren't far off from that car in the far end.

I actually took a chance and cruised a straight line right off the submerged rockpile.

that's kind of what I was thinking too.

 

[IzzyTahil]

Ah, the shack! Courtesy of Rick, who dives there like 120 times a year, showed Vadim and I the shack last week. as for the poles, there is a bunch of them standing and not. I like that dive, its kind of surreal plus thats right around where the deepest part of DS is.

Lets go diving this weekend everyone!

 

[ingreevox]

I TOO MUST CONCURR, THAT I HAD AN AWESOME TIME ON SAT! IT WAS MY PLEASURE TO JOIN YOU ALL AND MAKE SOME FRIENDS.
JENN, I HOPE YOU GET OVER YER COLD QUICK, FOR I TOO SEEM TO HAVE CAUGHT A CHILL FROM MY LAST DIVE.
SCOTT, THANKS FOR THE DOGS, AND THE USE OF THE GRILL FOR SOUP, WISH I COULD'VE GOT TO DIVE WITH YOU.
GRUNZ, MY WINGMAN, THANKS FOR DOING THE LATE DIVE WITH ME.
WHEN WE CAME UP FROM DIVE TWO, I WAS LIKE WHOSE THE LONG HAIR GOING THROUGH OUR STUFF? BUT IT WAS ONE OF THE BROTHERSFROM NJ. SORRY CATS, I HAVENT GOT AL THE NAMES DOWN YET.
EXCEPT FOR MARTIN, WHO PROVED HE IS THE ANAIMIABLE LUNG, SIPPING AIR FAR BETTER THAN EVERYONE. LOL...YOU CAN ONLY KEEP THE LIFT BAG IF YOU RUN FASTER...LOL...JUST KIDDING!
OTHERWISE, I CAN'T WAIT TO DO IT ALL AGAIN!

ADU'
WWW.DOUGMACKIE.COM
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[VTernovski]

Ah Yes! I should be there again this Saturday. I now have my Tetra housing for my digital olympus, which I want to test before my trip to Bonaire the week after that. If anyone of you want to come join myself and Izzy this weekend at Dutch Springs,feel free to do so!