California: Anacapa Island
Visit to Santa Barbara to bird sit, dive, drink wine and sit on a beach!
Florida: July 4th Escape
Fourth of July weekend to try out a couple new charters and visit the Circle of Heros memorial dive site.
Iowa & Minnesota: A Juneteenth Adventure
A Juneteenth road trip from Chicago to Iowa and Minnesota. Knocking out two more states and another adventure.
Massachusetts: Lake Onota
It was a cold, and over cast morning, filled with equipment issues, complaints of the cold and grumblings of “this is dumb, we are dumb, diving is dumb.” However, as the adventure continued, people who were fishing looked on, laughed at us and asked about finding the lost treasure in the bottom of the lake. The idea of treasure fueled us, as did the promise of “an interesting rock to the left of the pier”.
Florida: West Palm Beach
A trip back down to Florida! Several dives on the Blue Heron Bridge with sea horses, bat fish and crabs galore! Then two dives with Pura Vida Divers in attempts to see some sharks.
Indiana: France Park
Sunken airplanes, hippos, freshwater jellyfish! Indiana has it all!
Is a sentence I never thought I’d type.
Illinois: Haigh Quarry 2020
June 4th - October 18th, 2020
Adventures of the 2020 dive season!
Kentucky- Penny Royale Scuba Center
Continuing on through Illinois brought us to Kentucky. With the great fresh water sharks, dinosaurs, and underwater forests that may not actually exist.
Illinois: Mermet Springs; A Revisit
Another road trip! This time hitting up Southern Illinois to dive at Mermet Springs, diving in first class!
Colorado: Dive with the Fishes
Colorado in February, cold, snowy mountain, slopes. Hot chocolate cozy by a fire pit. A sleigh ride through the trees under a blanket. These are all “normal” things to think about, and at some point, over the yearly ski trips, have all happened in some form or another. But this year, after coming down from the mountain top instead of going to the airport and heading back to Chicago, a couple day detour was added at the end of the trip. A dive adventure in the Downtown Aquarium.
Illinois: Mermet Springs
The first adventure to Mermet Springs! Both of us stayed together the entire time and there was no time at all when one of us swam off to see a paddlefish for the first time!
Illinois: Haigh Quarry 2019
April 13th - October 13th, 2019
Adventures of the 2019 dive season!
Michigan: Lake Huron
A chilly day on the lake diving from a new part of The Mitten. While totally not scaring a boat full of people while talking on the “proper” ways to dive in a dry suit.
Virginia: Lake Millbrook Quarry
The next stop in our journey. A flooded parking lot, rusted spikes, broken stairs, what more could you ask for!?