Girl Power!

It started out a couple of chilly mornings this weekend in Open Water Class! But the weather wasn't going to hold this class back before everyone started jumping in!...

Then it was back out of the water to... dry their hair?? No. Some dry land navigation skills basics! Towel overhead, dive compass in hand, and guided by their dive buddy, the students perilously criss'd and cross'd the north side of the parking lot very successfully!

The girls seemed to be the dominant group today (who out-numbered the boys 2-1!). As you can see, they're very happy to show their scuba gender-team camaraderie! ;-)

Poor Sabrina wasn't pictured above because, since she's only eleven years old!, her high energy level always seemed to keep her two fin-kicks ahead of the rest of the girls! Great going Sabrina!

After receiving their official Open Water Diver Certificate, Leslie & Nicole just had to show how they and all of us divers feel, "Like a Supa-Stahr!!" ;-)




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GLDC Graduate Goes Abroad

GLDC Spring class graduate, Sofia, keeps in touch by sharing a few pics for the rest of us homeland-bound divers... she's in Mexico and taking the diver's tour of the best sites down south.

It looks like she's been having a great time in ChiKin-Ha Cenote, Playa del Carmen, and Cozumel.

She's baraged me with so many great photos; but most of them have a wide group of sponges, corals and tropical fish! Can't wait to get her first-hand account of her first salt-water adventures! By the pictures and the smiles it seems to be a great success, great going Sofia!

August 2009 Class Ready for the Water

With a full class load of students this weekend, we were busy getting through only half of the required skills so it'll be back in the pool next weekend!

In between skills I had no shortage of willing underwater subjects for my class pictures I must say! (Here we have subjects #1 & #2)

And then yet another subject, #3...

But this happens to be my favorite! ;-) I'm afraid to say that my girlfriend stole my show with her finely tuned bouyancy skills! Good going hunny!! ;-) (Sorry other students...)

Chicago Shedd Aquarium Opens Up!

On my favorite TODAY Show I saw that Beluga Whales are the talk of the Shedd Aquarium this summer! Although not quite a diver's destination yet like the Epcot Living Seas or the Maui Ocean Center, the Shedd Aquarium is opening its doors to the public to experience some one-on-one time in the water with one of the most rare and endangered species in the ocean.

Note to Shedd: Make diving another piece of your public outreach, "build it", and the divers will come! ;-)