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long dry summer

Posted August 21st, 2008 at 10:20 by slimsteve
Its been a while since I posted and it has been a long dry summer for me. Inflationary pressures up, work hours down, major plumbing repairs, daughter had to be rescued from out of state moves in then moves out and had to dump major money into signing up for diplomat program at work to get extra letters behind name so I stand a better chance of going full time so no diving till 36 hours from now. Headed to Rhode Island where water entry are sandy beaches not boulder strewn washing machine.
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Final report on California adventure

Posted May 21st, 2008 at 17:46 by slimsteve
May 21, 2008
Completion of CA trip
Met Mr Alias and his girl friend at the Hurst Beach just north of Cambria, CA, loaded up my equipment and we drove north to Jade Cove. The wind was blowing pretty good and I knew
that the swells would be worse then then the the predicted 2 to 3 foot height. The weather
was cool with a costal fog which whipped around as though it were late for an appointment.
Mr Alias drove north up the twisting Costal Highway. After...
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slimsteve's next adventure

Posted May 21st, 2008 at 10:48 by slimsteve
My next adventure is to do a quarry dive with Scuba Adventures of Moline IL. After my California experience diving in kelp free flat water will be much needed additional experience in a suit when I go will depend on water temps but hopefully in a couple of weeks.
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CA saturday's practice dive equip check

Posted May 17th, 2008 at 18:36 by slimsteve
May 17, 2008
Yesterday was a long drive from Fressno to Depth Perceptions where I met chuck picked up rest of gear and then traveled on to Cambria.
Saturday went out to just get in the water and see how my 5 mil suit would handle the 48ish degree water. Kale my guide for tomorrow’s hunt in kelp beds (my first time in kelp), wanted me to get a hooded vest but my suit fits to tight to allow it so just got a shoulder hood. Dove in a calm bay just to get back in the water. After...
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Last minute dive buddy score

Posted May 14th, 2008 at 09:53 by slimsteve
May 14, 2008
last minute dive buddy score
Time crawled by the last few days and my anxiety grew as I waited for a phone call from someone willing to take a vistor out for a hunt. I had contacted several dive shopes asking if they could hook me up with a partner. It was not till 36 hours befor my plane trip I finally got a call from Dale via Chuck from depth perceptions. I would really appreciate all he did as a matter of fact he is the only one who actually gave me that warm fuzzy feeling...
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