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White Star Park was crowded with divers....
...and with gear!
But big congratulations were the order of this weekend with some major accomplishments in all of our diving careers!
I have to especially congratulate my best dive buddy and girlfriend Denise for completing her Advanced Open Water scuba certification! Here she and her classmates get a predive breifing from Dave (right) from Great Lakes Dive Center. They completed their Night Dive, Search & Recovery, Navigation, Deep Dive, and Peak Performance Bouyancy. Congratulations to her classmates too!
Dave also officially welcomed me to the professional ranks of scuba with my Professional Association of Dive Instructors certificate. As you can see, we both have our happy grins on because we both know that this is where the fun is really about to begin!! Thanks to Dave for all his help. Keith (centered) was presented with his certificate as well, congratulations to Keith also!
Then it was time for Denise to give me my congratulatory hug! Ahhhh! ;-)
After the activities, Dave and Jim (rear, another instructor at GLDC) chat (I suspect) about how I coerced Jim to go on a regreational dive mission with me. He told Dave he wasn't doing any recreational diving. I think Dave was trying to figure out the secret talent I used to get him fired-up to get in the water! ;-) Good thing because we had a blast. My and Jim's morning mission was to find a sunken police car in the deep side of the Quarry was a great success! What a great dive that was with my buddy Jim!, and what a great weekend it was for our whole crew!
