Dutch Springs opens their doors for a whopping three hours on December 31st so people like me can get in that last dive of the year. The weather held, and we had sunny skies with temps in the low 50's. This was my first time diving my new double 98's. They've been teasing and taunting me for two months now, so I was getting psyched knowing that I was going to actually get to use them. After configuring my regulators and hoses for this setup, I was ready to go. I met my usual dive buddy and was very pleasantly surprised to find three other good friends at Dutch Springs so we made it a group dive. Five divers really means one team of two and one team of three, which was fine with everyone, since we all stayed together for the majority of the dive.
After a quick bouyancy check with the new doubles, I tried reaching the valves for shutoff drills. No luck. I'm simply not limber enough to reach over my shoulders and turn the knobs. I tried everything, but to no avail. Enough trying, time to dive.
I usually dive the peninsula side, but this time we went off the student side and into the cove where the pipes, structures, stairs, and other quarry related items are located. Visability was a respectable 25'-40' and the bottom temp. was 46 degrees. We did a relaxing 48 minute dive. I brought my camera and took a plethora of pictures, many of which I did a little work on using Photoshop. I loaded a bunch up onto Wreckvalley for my dive buddies to see. I hope you enjoy the few I chose for this blog. I love these bubble pictures, so here is a parting shot...
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