Our next diving adventure was my first time at a cleanup event. The entire purpose was to dive around an area in the lake looking for stuff that should not be there. Once found, we removed it. The idea made sense. I knew that shore cleanups happened all the time. I wasn’t surprised that litter…… Continue reading Clean Up the Lake
Category: Scuba Diving
Table Rock Lake, Burl Ives, and Doug
We’re at a point where there will be some more pictures, but none underwater yet. That’s coming. Off to Table Rock Lake! Doug Doug is a certified instructor who really loves taking people diving. He also has a boat docked on Table Rock Lake. He wanted to get some dives in during the Independence Day…… Continue reading Table Rock Lake, Burl Ives, and Doug
So that’s where I parked?
Day 2 at Beaver Lake was a beautiful day. We arrived at around 9:30 and got ready for our second day of certification dives. There were a few more skills to practice, which we all accomplished quite easily. There were fish to play with, which we all did. Sights and Buoyancy The dive park has…… Continue reading So that’s where I parked?
Certification Dives, Day One, In Which We Play With Fish!
Rental Gear I went to Diventures on a Friday to pick up my BCD, wetsuit, and regulator. Our certification dive instructor, Jerod, was going to bring tanks and weights for us to use. Callie grabbed a regulator and then we realized that due to my . . . size, the larger rental BCDs were not…… Continue reading Certification Dives, Day One, In Which We Play With Fish!
Open Water Diver Class, The Finale
I want to be able to say that the rest of the class was mostly uneventful but that’s not true. The class was good, and I learned a lot, but I also had some complications. Practicing Skills The rest of the class was all in the pool. The pool exercises were supposed to be Saturday…… Continue reading Open Water Diver Class, The Finale
