Oh yes, another illustrious adventure in the local lakes. Betty and I set off on the Diver Down for a morning of two tank boat diving. We did our usual stop at Starbucks to get good and jacked up on caffeine before heading out. Betty drove and dropped me at the meeting point, then went to park the car elsewhere because we were under the impression that Lake Pleasant members only were allowed to park near the dock. I found out otherwise as I was chatting with the El Mar Scuba guys waiting for the boat. They had four student completing their open water certification, a couple of guys doing some free diving, and there was Betty and me just looking to log some dives. We weren’t expecting Bonaire conditions, and it was, after all, diving.

I am not sure what the name of the dive site was, but it wasn’t too bad. Okay, it was heinous. The visibility was pretty nasty and the water got cold at about 45ft. We ended up diving to about 30 ft on the first dive, and I was able to work on those underwater nav skills which are not too shabby if I must say so myself. I was desperately over weighted on that first dive and ended up taking it down to 8lbs for the second dive.

The second dive we went out to a farther buoy and had to cross a dark trench over the Mines of Moria. It got really dark and really cold, I looked at my console and saw that I was at about 59′. I looked around for Betty and she was motioning to go up a little further rather than stay at that depth. She was getting a little nervous at the low visibility and darkness. I personally wanted to keep descending and see how deep it got. But, I certainly am not the dive buddy from hell who makes their divebuddy do things out of their comfort zone and causes things like, um, death. So we went up a bit. I kept thinking I was going to hit a wall or something.

I don’t know if Lake Pleasant is the shittiest diving on the planet, but I am sure it’s pretty close.