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Lever up = choke on

Lookin good, Dale! I like the arched cage.

Thanks Terry. hahaa oh yeah I will be very cautious, but then again I'll have the experienced scuba-monkie with me too to keep me in check while were down there.

Oh yeah...tonight was my last scuba session. I am officially SCUBA certified!

Jackass. That's not what he meant. The feed show has nothing to do with the mermaids. And Anna is one of the safety divers, not mermaids.

Nice. We'll check it out and let ya know.

I don't agree. I won't be buying any used gear. Used gear that just sets gets old, degrades, and needs to be reinspected, rebuilt, and recertified. Seals dry up, hardware gets old, etc. We bought some used gear once and had to cough up about $300-350 to get it in working order.

Anna dives and swims with them daily. I just read this to her and she says you were being a retard.

No, I don't know what happened to that plan. We just went out to the same place as yesterday, but we ventured out a bit farther this time. Nice! Yeah I can't wait to get into some clear ocean with some cool sh*t to see. With all the traveling we plan on doing over the years to come, I am stoked to finally get certified. I want to go check out all kinds of places now. I think the going rate for most classes ranges from $250-350 to get certified. My instructor (Anna's boss at the Silverton) provided all the gear for me. I agree, it's way to cool to share the experience with Anna. She was so pumped to hear I took to it very easily and loved it. She would have been crushed if I hated it, just like if I brought her to Dumont and she hated the dunes. That would bllllow! haha Fortunately neither one of those is the case though. We both got lucky.

Badass pics, Andy! I can't wait to get down to the Caribbean and do some diving down there. Very soon! Today I completed my 2nd day of open-water diving. We went pretty far out from shore this time and deep enough to feel the thermocline at about 40 feet deep. It's crazy to hear the sound of boats above/ nearby. super nice out there this morning...about 76 degrees. Water was nice and warm too. Jerry woohoo 2nd open water dive Jerry hey a friggen fish Get back here dude. Come kick it with us! underwater self portraits haha Doing compass exercises Beautiful Lake Mead Doing some more swimming around. Very murky waters when the lake floor gets stirred up. Jerry scored a buck!

I am in the process of getting SCUBA certified. I've done one pool session for a few hours, and now as of this morning I got my first open water dive completed! We dove for about 2 hours down to about 27 feet. Jerry, my instructor, has been amazing. He says I have been doing very well with all the exercises. I originally thought I wouldn't take to it very well because I have never been much of a water person, but there isn't much to it. I am very comfortable with it and look forward to doing some dives in some amazing waters soon. Here are some pics from this morning. damn it's early. The sun wasn't even up over the mountain yet. ahh there's the sunrise Jerry tying off our dive bouy me and Anna posing in our goofy masks. It was really cool to be able to share my first open water dive with her since SCUBA is so much a part of her life. ok here I go... regulator recovery exercises Anna me and Anna more swimming around buddy breathing exercises "I'm okay!" Then as we're talking about what were going to do next, a giant group of triathlon swimmers (at least 20-40 total) comes right at us. So we just descended until they passed to make it easier on them. I bet since they were wearing swim goggles they were able and surprised to see us below. haha Another exercise: clearing my mask after filling full of water on purpose Some fish we saw below... Jerry Heading back with the dive bouy. We were using the buddy breathing method while swimming as more practice. Bud Light fish Good times!

Thanks for the pics, Eddy! Very nice SCU's and Funco's in there. Sweet.

Looks like the end of October for us. Lots of other trips and things going on over the next month.

ynot asked me to post this up...

You are a f*cking child LOL

I never thought that was the case. This whole management plan was explained at the last sub group meeting in Barstow. It was long and boring, but I understood it was created in order to keep Sperry an open route and was in our favor for the most part. I was just curious if there were people who showed up trying to object and make some changes to try and overrule it. I talked with sda and sand~snake today and they filled me in on the rest of the meeting details as well. Sounds like it was went ok and there are alot more on our side than we thought. That's good to hear. I don't know why the hell people would complain about the traffic through their little towns going to and from the dunes. It is nothing new. People have been taking that route to get to and from Dumont for ages...probably well before they moved there. Thanks to all that showed up to take a stand for the community. MUCH appreciated.

well? Did the Tecopa or Shoshone residents show up with any opposing comments against the management plan or offroaders?

This is the e-mail address provided for emailing comments... amargosa@blm.gov

The natural rhythm in her hips and legs when she walks....mmmm that's so sexy!!!

It's all a big huge conspiracy!!!!

Once in a lifetime experience for sure. Wow, Tim! Those photos are some fantastic shots.

Thanks for the info, Pat. Since I cannot make it on Wed, I have submitted an email with my comments. I think everyone should do the same, whether they can make it or not.

I had the same idea I was going to recommend to Terry as well. I think it's a great idea for FoDD. But at the same time, any important information is already posted on our homepage, our FB page and of course this forum. Not trying to brag or anything, but this site gets the most traffic when it comes to the Dumont Dunes community. I have come to realize there isn't a very large part of the community that gives a damn enough to get involved. Pretty sad, but it's the truth. People just want to go have their fun and then b*tch about the fees and whatever else they think should be done about the place without getting involved.

I've heard there are a couple areas of interest along the road, but it's pretty much what it's title says. It's a dirt road with a bunch of christmas trees. Believe it or not, I still have yet to check it out. We'll probably take it back from Laughlin though as we are planning a dual sport ride there soon.

I figured as much. I know Tom. I was just giving him sh*t.