A family that dives together...nwbobber wrote:Hi my name is Bob. I live in Longview, I started diving way back in 1971 when I was 14. I continued to dive until 1981 when I lost all my gear to some.... well anyway I couldn't afford to replace it at the time. Now recently my wife and I got invited to Loreto on the Sea of Cortez for 10 days and I asked her if she would like to try it and she said (emphatically)yes. So we took an OW course and will do our checkout dives this coming weekend. Then on to mexico, where we will take some more classes, and enjoy the wildlife.
As it turns out my wife, Melissa's son, also wants to dive, and lives 1 block from Alki beach. That will be cool too.
I look forward to meeting as many of you as possible in the future, in the water.
Janna,nwscubamom wrote:Rachel,
If you're interested, I think you'd really get into conducting REEF surveys on your dives up here. It's fun and it really adds to the adventure of diving in the Pacific NW. There's a basic list of about 40 fish and 40 inverts you'd need to learn how to ID first, but you'd do it in a snap, I'm sure!
Also, I'm always looking for folks who are interested in helping out with some other surveys we do - for UW's Hood Canal Low Dissolved Oxygen project. If you know what you're looking at down there, I can use you!
So, just some things to possibly look forward to (if they sound like your cup o' tea) after you get comfortable in the water and feel you've got the diving/safety thing mastered.
- Janna
What... you mean 'funner' isn't a word?!Sounder wrote:...and as Tom says "it gets 'funner!'"
Tom Nic wrote:What... you mean 'funner' isn't a word?!Sounder wrote:...and as Tom says "it gets 'funner!'"
Well, it SHOULD be!
Agree +1 here!nwbobber wrote:Hey Steve, you've been lurking awhile! Welcome. Cool thread to resurrect.
Wow. I had totally forgotten about this thread. Kind of cool you dug it up. Welcome to the site, Steve! I wonder if I should update mine- I've done a lot of diving in the last 5 years.chogless wrote:Why not. I grew up swimming in freshwater lakes and streams. Joined the Navy and went to the foreign country of South Carolina. Hey, they talk different from the west coast and eat different food. My room mates got tired of me laying around and knew I loved to snorkel. They asked me if I wanted to stay down longer....... My first year a good day of diving was viz of 5 feet looking for sharks teeth in the Edistow river outside Charleston, S.C. Since then I have managed to dive Baharain, Bali, Phuket, Japan, Chile, California, Mexico, Hawaii, United Arab Emerites (UAE), Bonaire, Belize, Honduras (Utilia), Vanuatu, Fiji, British Columbia, Washington state...... I have managed to make it to Dive Master/Control Specialist in 1995 and am now the bane and boon of dive instructors. I was taught the DM runs the dive and the instructor is just there to observe the skills. When I fun dive I photograph. I started with a Nikonos III and IV and moved into digital a few years back. I dive slow. Friends have been known to joke that when I enter the water the boat won't have to lift anchor to recover me. My partner is a good match and dives as avidly as I do. I have seen some amazing things in the water and had the ....... scared out of me at least 4 times. Like John I took a nasty DCS hit and it took me 6 months to get back in the water. That was several years ago and I still dive once or twice a month. I started in 0ft viz and a good portion of my diving has been in green waters and I find more things in green water than blue. Blue is nice. Can't tell when I warm up my wet suit ;-) and no worries about leaks.
Steve
Better to remain silent and thought a fool then speak and remove all doubt.
Yep, little doubt around me.
Oh how the years go bye!BASSMAN wrote:My turn... Updated on May 11, 2008
Hi all, It's pronounced "Base- Man" Bass Guitar, my other hobby.
My Name is Keith, located in Lakewood Wa near Ft Lewis Army base.I got O W certified for my 40th birthday as a gift to myself. I have been diving for about two and a half years now, 200+ dives logged. Tom nic and I got certified together and have been primary dive buddies ever since. Currently I am Rescue diver trained and my next step will be Nitrox and a wreck or deep cert. weather or not I go for the additional certs for the Master Scuba Diver is not important to me but the idea of "Rescue Diver" just makes good sense to me, for myself and my dive buddies.
As a full time Job, I work for Alaska Airlines as an aircraft Inspector here in Sea-Tac. I also Play the Bass guitar at my local church and in a classic rock band called "Bluejuice" Ask me about "Bluejuice" when you meet me and I'll gladly tell you how / why we came up with that name.
I think we have some of the best diving, right here in the Puget Sound! Although I enjoy going wherever I can to explore new diving.
Sitka, Alaska was great! Peurto Vallarta was fun {very warm) and the San Juans are great too! My travels will never come close to Calvins but I will do what I can as long as my physical body allows me too.
My daughter,17 {Mouse} got OW certified and I hope to dive the Great Barrier Reef (Austrailia) with her some day. What great way to spend some quality time with my daughter! Not sure if she has totaly caught the dive fever yet, but we have fun.
the PADI slogan "Meet People , Go Places and Do Things" realy rings true!
