Bloggy data goin haywire...I see my blog for yesterday did not post so I'll power this one in post... Labor Day weekend... for the bulk of this summer I've been talking to E about going diving. We have to go, we have to go, we have to go... we never did. Finally I said let do this thing I can't stand it any more... screw all the work screw all the other stuff, we're comin up! So we set the date for the long weekend. Now it has not rained in the DFW for 2 consecutive days all summer and we had 3 to work with any one would suffice... the prognosis... a Tropical storm in the gulf about to come ashore south of Galveston, CRAP! and a cold front coming down on the DFW area. Come on! Forecast in DFW rain 4 days straight! Screw it we'll be wet anyway. We hit the road about 4p when Dade got home from school, we were at E's house by 8:30p and in his new theater watching movies by 9p it was awesome. He has this whole tab tensioned electric screen and an HS10 working. To cool! Checked out a ton of stuff. We also got out is telescope and checked out Mars since it was so close to Earth and all. Great shots, you could see the polar cap... off to hit the hay early rise in the morning... Saturday 6:30am! Chomping at the bit! Rain is holding off so far! We were heading to Athens Scuba Park for a little fresh water diving. This scuba park was once a clay brick yard, but one day when digging clay they hit a spring and whoops, instant swimming pool. The natural alkalinity of the water makes life almost impossible so the water tends to stay clear and at 7.5 acres and 35 feet deep, it made the perfect dive spot.
...in my best Jaques Cousteau voice"
We arrive at our destination and geared up. Upon entering the water we shocked by the warmness of the water. As we slowly descended the blue depth we surprised to see a Lockheed C140 JetStar sitting on the bottom. On closer inspection we noticed a skeleton sitting the in the cockpit. ... this voice it to irritating... back to normal!
We explored the plane in and out, all of the control panel was still intact and most things still worked. They had guide ropes to find the next wreck which was a small overwing plane. There was a ton to see down there. Almost to much! Boats, a houseboat, 2 cabin cruisers, a golf cart and a motorcycle. One of the coolest things we saw was this old dead tree, very very spooky looking and it had a skeleton hanging from a hangman's noose. Very weird to come across. They also had an underwater maze which turned out to not be as scary as first thought. After a couple of hours of diving split by a 1 hour surface interval. We headed back to E's house. I took some pictures, we'll see if they come out. The rest of the weekend was great, we played some Xbox watched movies, bought some Halloween props... all in all a fantastic time, can't wait to do it again!
i.am.scuba.sam
