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1/12/2024 1:44:54 PM EDT
Cavern/cave things at Marianna with Dene Ulmschneider in June
Bonaire (for the 6th and probably last) time in October.
1/12/2024 1:53:49 PM EDT
[#1]
Where am I going?

Probably to hell if I don't change my ways.
1/12/2024 2:07:42 PM EDT
[#2]
Back to FL cave country at Christmas.
"They know what shipwrecks are, for out of sight of land, however inland, they have drowned full many a midnight ship with all its shrieking crew." - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, 1851, on the Great Lakes
1/12/2024 2:39:11 PM EDT
[#3]
At this point, I don't know.  2nd day of the year I was fired out of the blue days before my birthday, and there's not a lot of jobs here that fit what I do, or pay worth a shit if they are hiring.  Might just wander off in to the woods and freeze to death and let animals eat my corpse.  Circle of life, man.....circle of life.



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1/12/2024 2:44:56 PM EDT
[#4]
Hmmmm.     The DR, France and Spain.
1/12/2024 5:46:56 PM EDT
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Diving in all those countries?
"They know what shipwrecks are, for out of sight of land, however inland, they have drowned full many a midnight ship with all its shrieking crew." - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, 1851, on the Great Lakes
1/12/2024 6:47:13 PM EDT
[#6]
Bimini, then Crooked Island/Acklins

Various waterholes around FL
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1/12/2024 7:16:50 PM EDT
[#7]
Probably the hospital to have surgery on my knee.  
Alea iacta est
1/14/2024 4:55:01 PM EDT
[#8]
New England local shore diving is all that my budget will tolerate.
1/23/2024 2:19:43 PM EDT
[#9]
Costa Rica near the end of February is my only scheduled trip.  

I'm hoping to squeeze in a few weekend dives along the Florida and Georgia coast as well.  No idea where I'm going to go, but I have 9+ weeks of vacation I HAVE to burn this year...
1/24/2024 11:23:43 AM EDT
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Nevada (Lake Mead, Lake Mohave)
California (Avalon, Catalina Island)
Marianna/High Springs (Jackson Blue/other caves)
Palm Beach (usually go in the fall for some ocean diving but the viz has been trash the last few times we went so I'm hoping I can bump that up to late summer, even with the heat)

HOPING I can save up enough for a trip to Spain this summer to go see family friends, but I'm 100% packing my dive gear for that, too and trying to find caves near their house to dive in, whether or not it's a "family trip" lmao
"They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin
2/12/2024 8:10:26 PM EDT
[#11]
Aruba in a few weeks.
2/13/2024 2:46:36 PM EDT
[#12]
Local mudholes, cave country, and the keys
2/17/2024 8:21:36 AM EDT
[#13]
Going to Roatan Honduras next week going off of cruise ship. My wife loves cruises but at least I get a dive in.
"An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life." - Robert A. Heinlein
2/25/2024 10:41:56 PM EDT
[#14]
I knocked a lot of classes out last year, planning to go local, shore dive Florida. Looking to do SSI PSD and a lot of zero viz.
3/30/2024 8:07:53 AM EDT
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Sitting in a hotel in Jakarta right now, going to go check out some Orangutans in some national park in Borneo for a few days and then heading over to Raja Ampat to hit up a 10 day trip on the Agressor.

Haven't taken a trip in a few years because of the thing,  might as well step back in with both feet.
4/12/2024 11:49:54 PM EDT
[#16]
Punta Cana last weekend (I’m on the left).  Did the Mediterranean Sea off of Monoco 2summers ago.

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4/13/2024 10:09:14 AM EDT
[#17]
I’m hoping that I’ll be able to get back into the water this year after a hiatus of a few years due to some medical issues.
Look, when I woke up this morning I had no plans to be sexy, but shit happens!
4/15/2024 1:25:34 PM EDT
[#18]
Hopefully adding Cozumel to the list for end-of-the-year shenanigans with one of my regular dive buddies, my wife, and his girlfriend (if we can get the girls to do their open water classes before our cruise).

Would be sweet since he and I both want to dive but we both know we won't make it back to the States alive if we don't include them on the shore excursion lmao
"They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin
4/18/2024 10:47:31 PM EDT
[#19]
Went to the Galápagos is March for Spring break. Next month we are going back to Belize to a place named Ray Caye and Hamansi and for Christmas we are doing the Maldives. Retirement is great. Work sucks.
4/18/2024 11:26:24 PM EDT
[#20]
Pretty much staying in Texas & Louisiana.
May make it to Winchester, VA for N-SSA Fall Nations in October.
Call the tune and let's dance; but beware that the devil is the piper and the tab for that soiree will be hell to pay.
Training&Trigger Time are more important than chasing a hardware Holy Grail
7/29/2024 2:48:34 AM EDT
[#21]
Heading back to Bonaire in October. Mostly shore dives with a few boat dives.

Unlimited Nitrox at Buddy's resort.
"An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life." - Robert A. Heinlein
8/4/2024 10:50:14 AM EDT
[#22]
Cozumel is off the list, unfortunately, but I've added:

Marianna (again) Aug 10-13th
West Palm Beach August 25-27th
Key Largo (camping at John Pennekamp) - December 18-21st
"They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin
8/23/2024 1:35:33 PM EDT
[#23]
2023- Oahu and the Big Island
2024-
Keys(Marathon area)
Connecticut (home lake)
Pawleys  Island SC
8/23/2024 3:00:47 PM EDT
[#24]

Hand Sling spear in Kona. Tasty with butter.
8/24/2024 6:26:01 PM EDT
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Hand Sling spear in Kona. Tasty with butter.
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What are they?
8/24/2024 6:43:08 PM EDT
[Last Edit: FlashMan-7k][Edited] [#26]
Originally Posted By Dan_Gray:
Cavern/cave things at Marianna with Dene Ulmschneider in June
Bonaire (for the 6th and probably last) time in October.
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work-home x6, than church

repeat

Nothing else.
8/24/2024 6:45:18 PM EDT
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What are they?
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Originally Posted By nyalaman:
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Hand Sling spear in Kona. Tasty with butter.
What are they?

Look like triggerfish.

So named because of the bone structre on the quill up top being trigger-like.

They will chomp right through the shaft of a fishing hook too.

ETA: and they taste great.
8/25/2024 10:30:07 AM EDT
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It’s Hawaiian name is about 21 letters and starts with Humuhumunukunuku
It a reef trigger fish, very common.
They are territorial and eat crustaceans and break apart the coral with their teeth.
For protection from predators, they find a crevice in a rock or a coral nook, and they lock out their dorsal thin and it wedges them in there.
8/25/2024 10:31:02 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By FlashMan-7k:

Look like triggerfish.

So named because of the bone structre on the quill up top being trigger-like.

They will chomp right through the shaft of a fishing hook too.

ETA: and they taste great.
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Exactly!

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