SCUBA certification

This weekend was SCUBA certification weekend. I now have the open water certification. Here's a little post about my weekend.



First, we had to be wary of the natives. Yikes! I was nearly annihiliated by a guy in an IS 300 this morning. He had a little boy in the front seat, too. Stay classy, Rockford.





At last, I have arrived at Beautiful Pearl Lake in South Beloit, IL






My poor little ricer was riding low. Weights, wet suits, regulators, BCDs, 8 air tanks and luggage for two for two days.It looks really full:





But I actually had a little room to spare





After finishing skills, we started to descend for the fourth dive of the weekend and I saw this guy as he darted off





When we reach the bottom, my buddy signals:





Jessie, another student, signals





The instructor reads a heading






We begin a nice, relaxing dive and soon we see a boat doing it wrong






Shortly after that, I notice my buddy trying to get my attention






She's all like "LOOK!!"





And I'm all like ", RR ties?"





And then I was like... "oh, a fish... here fishy, fishy..."





Mindy, Al and Jessie pose for a photo






Mindy and I pose... damned low pressure inflator kept coming un-velcroed




w00t!