Madison - 08/12/2012

Dove Madison this morning (Sun). 10-20 foot of vis from Cavern about the jump to Martz. Then the great vis showed up (40-60 feet + ) just after Martz jump. Flow was up (not ripping but just up). Made it up to Rocky Horror and turned on 1/3's. Practically FLEW OUT !!! ( lol ).
About 50 minutes going upstream and about 20 minutes coming out.

The WORST part of the whole dive was the gnats. There were swarming something fierce. I had to wear a towel around my head.

All in all , very pleasant in the water. IT was the gearing up and tearing down that was the tough part.

And Lunch at Red Onion , of course!

Thanks!
Beano

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by jeandiver

...And Lunch at Red Onion , of course! ...

---

Red Onion?

Truckstop restraunt at the exit closest to south of Madison, its a great little greasy spoon place to eat. Definately the best close option for food.

Great Burgers !!! (SMILE)

And good comfort food too.

Jean

Isn't that the place that has the sign: "Home of the Real Hamburger!" ?

The gnats were horrible. We wanted to do a second dive but just didnt feel like gnats in our eyes and mouth.

It appears we had the same dive weekend planned as Jean. Informal meeting at peacock and formally introduced at madison.

-Richard


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by SuPrBuGmAn

Truckstop restraunt at the exit closest to south of Madison, its a great little greasy spoon place to eat. Definately the best close option for food.

---

And on the way back to Luraville..... Red Velvet Cake...YUM!

Thermocells dont seem to work on nats unfortunately.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by MORGAN

Isn't that the place that has the sign: "Home of the Real Hamburger!" ?

---

Mike:
You are correctamundo , my friend!!!
(I had the double-cheese burger today...Couldn't even THINK about desert.)
OH , paid $3.59 a gallon there today too. About 7 cents cheaper than Fort White gas is)

Thanks!
Jean

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by stairman

Thermocells dont seem to work on nats unfortunately.

---

Neither a full blast thermocell or tons of bug spray.

The worst is that gnats and mosquitos are attracted to the CO2 and smells you put out when your hot and sweaty and usually already on edge. So when you're hot and ready to just get into the water because you've already been annoyed for half an hour, more of their friends show up to really piss you off.

Ginnie has some no gnat spray that works. They seem to have been worse since the flood and the guys that work outside use it, as regular stuff like OFF does not work well. The stuff in it is all natural also. I know Madison is worse than Ginnie so it would be a good test of the extreme type of gnats.

Glad you had a good dive Jean.

The Madison ranger gave Giselle a Bounce dryer sheet... with the instructions to wipe it on her face and tuck it in her shirt. She reported it worked great.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Greenwood_60

The Madison ranger gave Giselle a Bounce dryer sheet... with the instructions to wipe it on her face and tuck it in her shirt. She reported it worked great.

---

I've heard that, but assumed it was bs

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by rddvet

I've heard that, but assumed it was bs

---

Me too... but she said it worked. I liked my method better... long dives with little surface interval :)

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by SuPrBuGmAn

Truckstop restraunt at the exit closest to south of Madison, its a great little greasy spoon place to eat. Definately the best close option for food.

---

Off I-10 or I-75?

And what's the Madison Ranger's name... I keep forgetting it and it's been too long and he's been too super friendly to ask.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by mer

Off I-10 or I-75?

And what's the Madison Ranger's name... I keep forgetting it and it's been too long and he's been too super friendly to ask.

---

Off I-10, near Lee, FL.