Dive Trips
Mary & Russ's past dive adventures
Square Lake | October 2019
How he did it? I do not know. But Karl somehow talked Jim & I into joining him at Square Lake for a drysuit dive or two. The excuse? There were actually two. First to close down the site and pull the buoys for the season. Plus, it would be a good opportunity to...
Russ’ Sea of Cortez Trip | August 2019
Russ' Dive & Trip Log in the Sea of Cortez | Baja, MX August 23, 2019 thru August 31, 2019 Day One: | Travel Day | Friday, August 23, 2019 Good Morning… I woke up for the last time today at 5:45 AM, (restless comments redacted…), jumped out of bed and made coffee....
Russ’ Ice Diving Course
The course is all inclusive. In other words, we had to do all of the work BEFORE we could dive. This included cutting the hole, removing the blocks of ice that were cut, shoveling around the hole and getting the ropes tethered to the ice so they didn’t fall into the water by mistake. A big Oops!
Channel Islands Dive Trip
September 20, 2017 WEDNESDAY Good Morning! Up at the usual time as our flight is scheduled for 11:35 AM. Mary and I did our morning routine with an early departure at 8:55 AM headed for Jim Davis’ house to meet up with the motley crew. Mary kindly volunteered to drop...
Surviving Russ’ Cold Water Diving Class
This is a personal project I decided I needed to do so I could keep up with the complete idiots that want to dive in COLD water... So, apparently that makes me an idiot... 🙂 ... again... To everyone thinking of taking the "Dry Suit" course... make sure you know what...
Cozumel Panoramic View – New Year’s Day
Video Link: Cozumel Panoramic View - New Year's Day 2017
Whaleshark Adventure on Cebu Island, Philippines
Video Link: 2016 Philippines | Whale Shark Adventure Friday - August 12, 2016 Good Morning. We woke to the alarm (first time for me) and over to breakfast at 5 AM. Our orientation and trip was to begin at 5:45 AM. We finished breakfast and headed to the dive shop for...
New Year’s Celebration in Cozumel
New Year's Celebration in Cozumel Tuesday - December 29, 2015 Excerpt: Our first stop was Columbia Deep and it sure was. We jumped in and headed straight for the nearest coral head. By the time we got there I was at 90 feet deep and...
Manta Ray Dive off the Big Island of Hawaii
Video Link: Manta Ray Dive off the Big Island of Hawaii