Cave Diver's Forum - Midwest Social 17 July 2004

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Midwest Social
July 17th, 2004 at Roubidoux Spring Park in Waynesville, MO

The 3rd annual Mid West CDF Social went off with no problems or complaints that I know of. Friday the 16th WJH and I went in for a preliminary dive to check conditions and install a small circuit. We had maybe 25+ foot of vis.

Saturday WJH and I got there about 7 or so and others started to arrive. What a day of great diving we had. I will let others post the dive reports they had if they would like. I got to make 2 dives with a new buddy from the St. James area that is only Intro certified but I had fun with him just taking it easy and showing him the cave.

I provided a 5 gallon cooler of a mix of Gatorade and Kool Aid, well lets say that everyone enjoyed it with the HOT HOT day we had. It was just kind of strong there in the beginning before the ice had a chance to melt. Everyone that showed up had a great time and everyone WON a prize.

1)Deepblue---32% Nitrox fill from Dive Outpost / a cookie for being the first one to show up
2)SLIM---1 day pass to Ginnie Springs
3)JHARRIS7265-----Peacock Springs T-shirt from Mike Mcullife
4)ddt103----Dive Rite Shirt from Dayo(TJ)
5)jdrorex----$25.00 gas fill from Bill's
6) Ron Shirley---Air Fills from Dive Outpost
7)Dian Shirley---50' of cave at Peacock Springs, from Janet
8)springdiver-----Map of Peacock, left over from the NACD CBall clean up
9) Scott Lesh-----EANx Bear-left from the NACD clean up
10) Joe Klug----NACD hat
11) Mike Ferrara----$25.00 gas fill from Bill's
12) Sandy Ferrara---Scuba Slim T-shirt form ScubaSLIM

We did miss a few divers this year but it was not anyone's own fault. Allen, sorry to hear that you had to be in TX and did not get the dives you thought you would get. Zdiver, we did think to send you some of the moss but thought that it would be destroying the spring and you know that we could never do that. Mike Mcullife, well he has been busy getting all settled in down there in FL to dive all those easy caves down there.

To sum it all up, it was, without a doubt, a great day. Kind of warm but the rains stayed away and the cave was in great shape with all the divers that went in to dive. I still have to wonder about one diver, it seems that every time he just touches a reel it goes and explodes (as he puts it). I mean it can be on his D-Ring and when he reaches over to get it; BOOM... it is al jammed up before he can put both hands on it. I know that one day he will redeem himself.

Next year, we need to get more divers to show up and enjoy the fun.

See yawl at the spring or in the cave.

Slim

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