Strategies for the traveling cave diver

[battles2a5]

Lol, very generous of you. When are you heading down next? I'm planning on mid-october if the conditions shape up.

[Sludge]

to see what makes sense).

What makes sense is to move CLOSER to the caves, not farther away!

[outlaws]

We are trying to put something together as we speak if we can get the weather and work to co-operate. I drop you a pm when we get it ironed out.

Butch

[RN]

When I live in Arizona, I would drive to Florida 3-4 times a year. That was a long drive! About 36 hours on the road. We would break it up by staying with family in TX for a night or 2. We also stayed for 9-10 days for most trips. Now we live 10 minutes from some of the best caves in N. Florida. I suggest holding out until a job closer to Florida pops up.

[Joe D]

FYI: Now, we have dive storage lockers here in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico. The lockers are big enough to fit one of the fruit crates we use to store and move dive gear.

The place is: http://www.playaresale.com. They don't have any information about storage on the site right now, but I know they do it.

So, if you come to Playa, Puerto Aventaurus, Akumal or Tulum and want to store you gear here between trips, this is a really great solution. I have some friends that store their stuff there now.

Hans

Hans,

Do you have any idea what they charge per month?

I'd love to find a place to store a set of AL30's and whatever sorb I don't finish.........but I have to admit I'm a little reluctant to store my gear in a place that specialize in resale.

Thanks

[jderoo]

I live in MA and, sadly, get to NFL only about 1.5 times a year. I flew the first time and it was a pain dealing with the airline weight limits. The last two times I have driven. I have a Mazda 5, which is sort of a microvan on a car chasis that gets almost 30 MPG. On the way down, I do one long drive day to get to my inlaws in Atlanta, then the next day an easy drive to NFL. On the way back, I sleep in the car at a rest stop in VA. It is a pain, but I can bring a diveshop's worth of gear with me and I have my own car. Audiobooks and Podcasts are key to getting through the drive.

Good Luck,
JD

[Luxrok]

Hans,

Do you have any idea what they charge per month?

I'd love to find a place to store a set of AL30's and whatever sorb I don't finish.........but I have to admit I'm a little reluctant to store my gear in a place that specialize in resale.

Thanks

Joe,

I thought the same thing, but they have the space, the location is sucure and it actually works out pretty good. If you don't pay then they have a way of recouping the costs.

Solomon is an American and is a good guy. He is invested in the community and has other local businesses. Your stuff is safe there.

My understanding is that it is $20/month. However, I don't work there, so I would advise you to speak with him directly. If you would like to PM me your email address, I can have him contact you directly.

Hans