CDF Summer Social @ Manatee Springs - 08/21/2010

[Herbie]

Lets get together for some great cave diving, BBQ and good times with our CDF bretheren.
See ya there.

p.s. If you are planning on attending please post here so we know how much food, drinks, essentials, etc we should prepare for. Thanks.

[Herbie]

We have the pavilion right next to Catfish Sink reserved.
Manatee Springs can cater to all levels of cavedivers (Cavern, Intro, Full, DPV). The park allows 8 cave divers in the system at a time but as divers exit new divers can enter, so we will have a roster going. They also allow up to 35 open water divers in the basins.
We have a campsite reserved where anyone interested in enjoying a cold brew can partake (after diving). Food will be hamburgers and hotdogs off the grill, salad, chips, kool aid, lemonade and some sweets. Please feel free to bring any other food you might want to share. Music, prizes, volleyball, arm wrestling, roshambo , laughs and a good time to be had.

[Dweller]

I belive this gathering of the CDF "Cosa Nostra" is the perfect setting for me to meet all the "gang" and make my bones. Its perfect timing since i will be returning from a month voyage to Tulum/Akumal on August 17th. SEE YALL THERE!!! :smt068

[Herbie]

I belive this gathering of the CDF "Cosa Nostra" is the perfect setting for me to meet all the "gang" and make my bones. Its perfect timing since i will be returning from a month voyage to Tulum/Akumal on August 17th. SEE YALL THERE!!! :smt068

Welcome to the forum. After reading you posts we have elected you to work at our "Dunk the Clown" tank attraction for the Summer Social. Believe me it will be the safest place for you to hangout at. See you there.

[Marchand]

umm, state parks don't allow alcohol...

and its 8 cave divers per day

[Herbie]

umm, state parks don't allow alcohol...

and its 8 cave divers per day

I talked to the rangers , as cavedivers exit others can enter, alcohol is allowed at the camping area we reserved, not to get drunk but share a cold brew. Do your research before posting false info please. Checkout the MSSP website or call the park if anyone has any doubt. Thank you.

[Jay]

Thanks for stepping up!
I will contribute, just let me know what we need as it draws closer.

[diveconjeff]

I am looking forward to putting some faces to some avatars and look forward to being there.

[Huntingbigun]

sounds like a fun time and way to meet some of you guys, I been trolling around awhile thinking about CD again so off for my nitrox refresher class and dang all my gear is musuem pieces 1997 was not that long ago, we had a lot of fun at Manatee back in the early 90's my cd buddy got a tick in a real special place hehehehe. So if I not chasing gators still (opening week) I bring up my tribe and meet so new friends . Great site by the way

[metaldector]

As of this morning Aug. 2nd, 2010 there are still two camp sites available at Manatee State Park, @ $20 per night. Anyone wishing to camp should book it NOW!

[Cindy]

Hey Guys, Hart is about 15 minutes from there. Arrange for a guide and go if it's too busy at Manatee. I can take three people.

[WEPIV]

John Spann and I dove Little Hart today and really enjoyed it.
The flow was down from our last visit there in late April and the vis was better. (Around 60 feet.)
We made it in to around 1100 feet and saw some lines and survey tape that made us think of Wes.
My daughter's Gator Swim Club group was there and we had a group of kids waiting for us when we came up asking questions, etc.
A nice day at the park.

[Bill Clinton]

Here is the map to Herbie's campsite....

http://www.dayo.com/temp/beermap.jpg

[tj]

Here are some pictures that Denise and I took at the Social today. They are in the Gallery, but if you click on one, a bigger version pops up.

We counted 47 people at the social !


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[stairman]

Thats a nice turnout. I wanted to attend but lots of family in for my Dads 80th. I recognise a few faces though.

[JCDdiver]

I wish I could have made it. It looks like you guys had a good time.

[Slüdge]

A bunch of thanks are in order - to Forrest for providing Ginnie and me a place to stay Friday night; HUGE thanks to Herbie for stepping up and taking care of almost all of the arrangements; and a special thanks to everybody who attended for being so nice to Ginnie and taking care of her while I was diving!

(For the five-hour ride home, she plopped down in the passenger seat - ever hour or so she'd wake up, sit up, stretch, and then plop back down again!)

[FW]

It was great fun. Made 2 dives to Friedmn's, and one at LR on the way home.

[Slüdge]

The ride home:

[metaldector]

Thanks everyone who made the effort to attend and to put on such a nice gathering. How about a social when it's cooler, not that 97 degrees wasn't . . . well, toasty, but a fall social might be more fun in a wet/dry suit.

[cavemark]

How about a social when it's cooler, not that 97 degrees wasn't . . . well, toasty, but a fall social might be more fun in a wet/dry suit.

Oh come on, it wasn't that bad. Although a fall social would be nice too.

[BobK]

Oh come on, it wasn't that bad. Although a fall social would be nice too.

How about New Year's day ? That's the next scheduled social and trust me, it won't be 97 out :-)

[cavemark]

Absolutely, I've already commited to the galaxy dive with my three daughters.

[Slüdge]

Absolutely, I've already commited to the galaxy dive with my three daughters.

They used to have, maybe still do, a forty-diver limit on the Ginnie Ballroom. It is my goal to come within an eyelash of turning people away for the Galaxy Dive!


(Let's see, the signup list is Slüdge, BobK, KimK, Mark A, Mark S, his three girls, Herbie, his three girls... It's filling up fast!)

[Herbie]

They used to have, maybe still do, a forty-diver limit on the Ginnie Ballroom. It is my goal to come within an eyelash of turning people away for the Galaxy Dive!


(Let's see, the signup list is Slüdge, BobK, KimK, Mark A, Mark S, his three girls, Herbie, his three girls... It's filling up fast!)

My hot wife and four daughters will be going but they are not scuba divers yet.