zosianicola's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- canyon cesspool we went to canyon lake to dive Texas style---i intended to get my advanced certification---but the conditions were horrendous so we just bagged it. no really, on the first dive i couldn't descend---probably not enough weight (had on 11 pounds) and we couldn't use our usual techniques for difficult descents. That is, sometimes P-dog goes down first and pulls my fins, but that works only if he can see me so I can tell him when to stop and let me clear my ear pressure. The visibility at Canyon Lake was about 3 inches so he couldn't see me. I tried swimming down head first, and that was working, but kept bumping into other people because it was impossible to see anyone until contact was made. Also, it's harder to clear your ears when you are swimming head down. on shore we learned from a divemaster from a different store that there is a buoy with a descent line, but our ditzy divemaster didn't tell us that. he also didn't bring enough weights for everybody and didn't give us the opportunity to check our buoyancy at the surface. And wasn't going to give us a dive plan until someone asked him for one, and didn't remind people to do their 15 foot deco stop until P-dog asked if we were going to do one. we gave up----rather, I did not want to keep trying, because the conditions were so un-fun, and P-dog supported me because he knows you shouldn't make someone dive if they are hating it---so we packed up our stuff and headed home. We could hardly believe that group was going to do a night dive in that swampy messy water. Shine a dive light into that and you just get a fog of light back at yourself. We drove home through Gruene and ate at the Grist Mill, where we were put at a table on the third level (hot) right next to the men's room (stinky). We asked for a different table and got one on the second level (warm) right next to the ladies' room (smelly) But after getting home and hanging up all our gear we went out for ice cream so everything is fine now Oh, unpleasant neighbor is back. his new nickname is Mr Smallweed. yes, i watched Bleak House last week on PBS. But I read Bleak House years ago! 10:56 p.m. - 2007-05-05 ---------------------------------------------------------
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