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[WreckGoddess]

Okay people -- this may be unheard of to those that live down in Florida and other water saturated places..

BUT...for those of us in DC, AZ, CO, etc. etc. we don't quite have as many options to get in the water. SO... I am trying to put together "events" that aren't necessarily dive related for those divers that can't quite get in the water as much as we would like. And, that might also be fun for some of our non-divers.

Question
How interested are you in non-diving related stuff? (Ex: Would you go skiing, wine tasting, camping, dancing, arcade-going, target-shooting, etc. etc. with your fellow divers?) If yes, what kind of stuff can you see yourself doing?

Any feedback is awesome!


I'll put up seperate posts but here is what I currently have set up for the Dive of the Months until December. But let me know how these rank!

April 8th: A Taste of the South! Dive into the VA Wine Tour!

May 27th-29th: [Memorial Day Weekend] -- heading somewhere warm -- TBD

June 9th -10th -- Start out the VA DIVE SEASON RIGHT!! CAMPOUT -- Rawlings, VA

June 30th - July 5th: Morehead City -- Fireworks -- SD NC Trip

August 10th - 15th: Morehead City -- Shark Diving -- SD NC Trip

September 28th - October 2nd: Morehead City -- Seafood Festival -- SD NC Trip

October 20th-21st -- Shenandoah Valley -- Hiking/Camping Trip

November 10th-12th -- [Veteran's Day Weekend] -- heading somewhere warm -- TBD

December 9th -- Who killed who? WHAT!? Dive Murder Mystery Christmas Party! -- Location TBD

Thanks!!
~Vanessa

[Twinklez]

Looks to me like you've got a really great start! We have similar issues here in Texas. The water is not real warm during spring and winter. I've been wondering what we can do in addition to the HH's. I think it'd be fun to get together and all go to the Imax and see the new movie out.

I would definately do a lot of the things you listed in your suggestions.

Good job!

[Ariesno1]

I am interested in all of this, and would also like to do a day of tandem sky diving if we get enough people interested in it, and how about Paint Ball?

[Brinybay]

... what kind of stuff can you see yourself doing?
~Vanessa

You mean sober?

Edited by Brinybay, 10 March 2006 - 10:52 PM.

[jholley309]

... what kind of stuff can you see yourself doing?
~Vanessa

You mean sober?

Hmm..that reminds me of the old field saw: "Anything is edible with enough Tobasco". Perhaps we should paraphrase: "Anything is fun with enough liquor."

I fall into the school of thought that believes the activity is less important than the group you're doing it with in terms of enjoyment; I'd just as soon go on a wine tasting trip (not a typical activity for me) with a really fun bunch of folks as a ski weekend in Utah (a very enjoyable activity for me) with a bunch of whiny, sullen stick-in-the-mud folks. I'd have a better time with the fun bunch (and not necessarily because of the requisite intake of alcohol inherent in that sort of thing, although that would probably help). The February FL Dive-Of-The-Month was a great example: crappy weather, very few manatees, had a great time anyway because of the people that were sharing the experience.

In other words, I'm easy...

Cheers!

Jim

[Dive_Girl]

During some of our more recent colder and holiday filled months I put together a couple non-diving events for our dive shop that turned out to be pretty fun. One was a Blue Planet showing using our our infocus projector on the big screen and some fabulous speakers almost replicated a small theater showing. Another was a bowling night - I sucked so bad they considered putting up the children's bumpers for me. Another idea we tabled until the Fall is a "Pool Shark" night at a local billards hall. Why did we table it? We're back diving!

I also think a DeepSea 3d IMAX night would be another idea for those near IMAX theaters. Hope these ideas help your already FABULOUS list!