blindref757:
Looks like I'm headed to CSSP--with Foo and her gang.
Well, the "Under the Water Gang" met today, and an unsavory bunch it was, indeed! TxHockeyGuy will now be known as "TxBratGuy"- if you don't know why... good! That means more for us! This guy has been cooking up a storm during surface intervals- I know next time we need to pass the hat and cover his expenses... maybe that will keep him cooking!
And, he happened to give out his secret fajita recipe today too- too bad for those of you who missed it, never again will it be divulged. Bwahahaaaa.
Firefyter, Twinklez, (and her friend Rob) Blindref, Liv7301, Norine62 and Mr. Foo all met today for a great day of CSSP diving & SI's. (Hard to decide which is best!) Also saw TxLakeRats, who has been conspicuously absent from SB for quite some time now, hope she shows back up sometime soon!
The vis was improved over a couple of weeks ago, and although there is still the white "snot" hanging everywhere, I estimate vis was at least 20 ft, maybe even more in spots. We didn't see a lot of fish, but there were quite a few nice cats, including a large albino on the SE end. I saw one small turtle on the first dive, and then there was quite a treat- Mr. Foo and I found ourselves surrounded by a cloud of 2 inch striped bass- literally hundreds, if not thousands. It was totally cool, almost surreal, as they ebbed and flowed with our motions, until we had to leave to catch our dive group. Nice.
Our second dive of the day was our 26 yr old daughter's first dive after finishing her AOW certification today. We had a very nice dive- she did a fine job, and we did a 52 minute dive, no deeper than 20-22 ft., mostly staying around 15-17 above the thermo. So, hopefully she'll introduce herself soon on SB, as a new Swampdiver.
