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Dry Tortugas July 9-13, 2008 Trip Report!


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#1 EASY

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Posted 14 July 2008 - 05:42 PM

Great Crew! Great Boat! Great Company! Thanks to everyone for making my first SingleDivers outing one of the most memorable vacations of my life! I can't wait to do it again! Eric :welcome:

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Posted 14 July 2008 - 05:47 PM

Great Crew! Great Boat! Great Company! Thanks to everyone for making my first SingleDivers outing one of the most memorable vacations of my life! I can't wait to do it again!

Eric :fish:


I want to know why the lady holding the yellow can in the pic isn't wearing her SingleDivers.com T-Shirt?

#3 Bubbles

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Posted 14 July 2008 - 07:01 PM

Great Crew! Great Boat! Great Company! Thanks to everyone for making my first SingleDivers outing one of the most memorable vacations of my life! I can't wait to do it again! Eric :fish:

Great picture! Thanks Eric for sharing.
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Posted 14 July 2008 - 07:46 PM

Eeeck... 5+ hours of video to edit... I had to run to BestBuy for a 1TB drive just to dump this to....!

Who else got all 22 dives in....?
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Posted 14 July 2008 - 07:55 PM

Great Crew! Great Boat! Great Company! Thanks to everyone for making my first SingleDivers outing one of the most memorable vacations of my life! I can't wait to do it again!

Eric :fish:


I want to know why the lady holding the yellow can in the pic isn't wearing her SingleDivers.com T-Shirt?


You just can't see SD logos

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Posted 14 July 2008 - 07:55 PM

Great Crew! Great Boat! Great Company! Thanks to everyone for making my first SingleDivers outing one of the most memorable vacations of my life! I can't wait to do it again!

Eric :fish:


I want to know why the lady holding the yellow can in the pic isn't wearing her SingleDivers.com T-Shirt?


You just can't see SD logos

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Posted 15 July 2008 - 02:22 AM

Ditto to what Eric said. What a blast!! Thanks to everyone, what a EASY group to be around. :lmao:

I even got to swing by my old stomping grounds of Texas courtesy of Continental and a delayed flight that rerouted my return... :fish: Did they change the airport in the last ten years?

Now that I'm home...I have a long list of scuba stuff to buy.... I think I could have used some of those spring fin straps. Margarita I loved what you said about "Woman versus Ladder", perhaps I will win the battle of ladders, sea and fins with some spring action!!

Yes, WW, I want info on BP/W when you get the chance...

My faves for this trip -- Bat Caves and swim throughs- loved the coral formations, and Great Every Time - so much life!

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Posted 15 July 2008 - 12:47 PM

Another great trip with Singledivers.com!! Thank you Kamala, Sandy and everyone else involved for putting together this trip! Thanks to the staff of the Spree for doing such a great job! Thanks Tim, for letting me borrow your tank! Thanks to all the Singledivers that came on this trip, as everyone had their part in making it another great trip!

Yes I made all 22 dives with Tim. There must be others that are members of the "dive your ass off club".
I didn't miss a meal either!

The Goliath Groupers were quite a sight to see. So was watching the octopus crawl across the coral changing colors as it went. The batcaves with their many tunnels made for quite adventuresome dives too.

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Posted 15 July 2008 - 01:54 PM

It sounds like everyone had a blast!! Are we going to get to see any more pics from you travelers???? Thanks Eric for posting that wonderful group shot, it's nice to see what the rest of us missed :welcome:

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Posted 15 July 2008 - 08:09 PM

It was a great trip and I posted some pictures in the gallery:

Dry Tortugas pictures

Here's a picture of Kamala, Larry (aka Orcaman) and Elvis on the trip down from NC:

KamalaLarryElvis.jpg

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Posted 15 July 2008 - 10:52 PM

It was a great trip and I posted some pictures in the gallery:

Dry Tortugas pictures

Here's a picture of Kamala, Larry (aka Orcaman) and Elvis on the trip down from NC:

KamalaLarryElvis.jpg



Did not know Elvis was a diver

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Posted 16 July 2008 - 11:16 AM

Nice trip (even with the lost luggage scare), good seas and diving, and great people.

Now if they'd only get with it and drop the Vandenberg off Key West like they're supposed to...

I have a few pictures that came out okay (just about what you'd expect from a Reefmaster Mini with no decent flash), and will try to post them.
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Posted 16 July 2008 - 11:29 AM

:birthday: I had a great time! It was great meeting new people and seeing the ones that I have met on previous trips. I thought the boat and crew did an outstanding job. Hope to post some pix asap, Zach
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Posted 16 July 2008 - 10:37 PM

Another great trip with Singledivers.com!! Thank you Kamala, Sandy and everyone else involved for putting together this trip! Thanks to the staff of the Spree for doing such a great job! Thanks Tim, for letting me borrow your tank! Thanks to all the Singledivers that came on this trip, as everyone had their part in making it another great trip!

Yes I made all 22 dives with Tim. There must be others that are members of the "dive your ass off club".
I didn't miss a meal either!

The Goliath Groupers were quite a sight to see. So was watching the octopus crawl across the coral changing colors as it went. The batcaves with their many tunnels made for quite adventuresome dives too.

MNJoe


Robert(Colorado) and I are also members of the dive your ass off club. I also squeezed in another 6 on the return crawl. Still not enough!

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Posted 17 July 2008 - 08:47 AM

Great Crew! Great Boat! Great Company! Thanks to everyone for making my first SingleDivers outing one of the most memorable vacations of my life! I can't wait to do it again!

Eric :birthday:


I want to know why the lady holding the yellow can in the pic isn't wearing her SingleDivers.com T-Shirt?



Because I was wearing my SD chammz instead! :birthday:

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