TSandM (The Borg Queen ;-) is diving into Casino Point: 5/20/07

[Ben_ca]

Up at 4:30, collapse into bed at 11 pm. And I'm supposed to write dive reports?

They'll be coming, and they'll be glowing, and you will all be incredibly jealous and want to move to SoCal immediately. Well, one of out two, anyway

:sleeping_
Hmmm are we going to see this so called report before the weekend? I'm planning on diving and don't have much time to wait around for it

 

[HBDiveGirl]

:sleeping_
Hmmm are we going to see this so called report before the weekend? I'm planning on diving and don't have much time to wait around for it

hee-hee...

You just wait, Ben.

When you come to SoCal and dive with Team CK... well, you return home sort of tired.

hee-hee......

11 dives in 5 days.
Three boats, Three shore sites. Three counties. Two islands.
2 live boat drops, 4 anchorages.
8 habitat zones.
10 hours underwater.
Dozens of hours in exposure suits.
Hundreds of miles of driving to sites and locales.
A lot of nitrox through the first stage.

Your brain has to stop spinning before you can even think about a report.

hee-hee....


~C~

 

[TSandM]

It's written. It's a tome. I'm gonna put it on our website instead of SB because it's so danged long . . . And that's BEFORE I put any pictures in it! When Peter gets done processing pictures, I'll finish it off and put it up, and start a thread linking to it, so Ken can put some of HIS wonderful pictures in the thread.

We had a splendiferous, phantasmagoric, outrageous, wild time. I'm almost feeling human again today, and can face my gear without whimpering.

 

[radinator]

11 dives in 5 days.
Three boats, Three shore sites. Three counties. Two islands.
2 live boat drops, 4 anchorages.
6 habitat zones.
10 hours underwater.
Dozens of hours in exposure suits.
Hundreds of miles of driving to sites and locales.
A lot of nitrox through the first stage.

But your forgot the really impressive number. How many nudis?

 

[HBDiveGirl]

But your forgot the really impressive number. How many nudis?

ha!!!

A few hundred on wrecks and rocky reefs.
A few hundred THOUSAND on the Oil Rigs!! :11:

Make no mistake: Oil rigs Ellen and Eureka are held together by nudibranch eggs and slimey nudibranch trails, at least down to 100fsw.

If only there had been a Navanax or two....

Wait until you see the pictures... omg.

~~~~~~
Claudette

 

[TSandM]

Yeah, but we had the Navanax laying EGGS on the Sue-Jack!

 

[drbill]

Harrumph... dive "my" freaking island and don't even bother saying hello to the poster boy of non-DIR diving? Sacrilege.

 

[HBDiveGirl]

Harrumph... dive "my" freaking island and don't even bother saying hello to the poster boy of non-DIR diving? Sacrilege.

We tried, Bill! You told us you would be away diving the King on Sunday!

Of course we dived until the last possible minute and had to race breathlessly to catch our boat for home. Some things never change!

Besides, having missed both the irreplaceable Dr. Bill and the unique Farnsworth Banks, Lynne and Peter simply MUST return to SoCal for more diving.

As Peter keeps saying, "L.A. is really so close...."

The island and the dive park looked Fantastic, Bill. The kelp has thickened remarkably since those bleak months in the winter when the place looked like an underwater desert. Lynne had all her fingers crossed that she could see sunlight dancing down through the giant kelp canopy, and the Park delivered on our second dive. It was gorgeous!

I hope many happy divers come to play on Bill Island over the Memorial holiday.

~~~~~~
Claudette

 

[TSandM]

Looking up through the sunlight and the giant kelp reminded me forcefully of hiking in the Redwoods, except the Redwoods don't have brilliant orange birds flitting about . . . Bill, Catalina exceeded all my expectations. After the fabulous dives we had had at Anacapa and the oil rigs, I thought Catalina would be a letdown, especially when I saw how tiny the dive park is, and how many divers we would be sharing it with. I was completely wrong. I can see how you can live there and dive there over and over again.

We WILL be back. There's no doubt in the mind of either of us about that. If nothing else would bring us back, just getting a chance to spend more time with the wonderful people would do it.

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

Harrumph... dive "my" freaking island and don't even bother saying hello to the poster boy of non-DIR diving? Sacrilege.

So Dr. Bill ... am I gonna get a chance to say hello? I'll be there June 1 - 3 ... diving the King Neptune on the 2nd.

Oh ... and if ya REALLY wanna get Lynne back, put a cave on the island ... you won't be able to get rid of her ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)