Greetings, Earthlings. I’ve been pretty busy the past month. I’ve spent the past three weekends scuba diving…actually, I just got certified last weekend in San Marcos at the former Aquarena Springs. I know, it’s weird…scuba diving in the winter. I thought I’d get a jump on the summer mayhem but a bunch of other people felt the same way. Our class was packed. I did my first official dive this weekend out at the chilly Clear Springs Scuba Park in Terrell, TX. The water was a brisk 50 degrees but that didn’t stop this polar bear. What stopped me was my buoyant 7mm wetsuit. I didn’t have enough weights to keep me under the water till about 10 feet. After a few false starts, I finally got under and the water pressure compressed the suit. But coming up, I experienced an uncontrolled ascent and shot to the top like a missile. If we had actually been deep diving that would’ve been it…but I cheated death to dive another day! Hopefully my mother is not reading this. Don’t worry I’ll get better…the combination of cold water and all new equipment configuration was a potent and confusing brew — something that I’m going to have to adjust to. Unfortunately I won’t get a chance to get wet for another couple of weeks. I’m already formulating my evil plans.
What was diving in “Clear Springs” like…I haven’t seen too many clear lakes in Texas, so I’d assume it was bit murky.