I am completely open to a shop in Baltimore, but I've tried the closer ones and I'm 2/2 on mentioning I'm interested in diving hogarthian and the LDS asks if I'm DIR in a very agitated/mistrusting way. I explain that I am not DIR, but by then it seems the damage is done and I have to 'prove' myself for the rest of the conversation. I just don't feel like taking a class in that sort of environment. VA Scuba is only 20 miles from my mom's place, so a weekend to actually take the course wouldn't be that hard. (I just moved up here a few months ago).
Did you have a Baltimore shop in mind that would be cool?
Thanks