SCUBA pictures
For your weekend amusement.... pictures of last weekend! Hooah!
I'll take some pictures THIS weekend at the faire and post them for NEXT weekend when we're out at the next faire. I won't be in Eugene for the weekend for one month. St. Helens this weekend, Gig harbor the next two... then one weekend (2 weeks) in Michigan and the Salem faire after that. Phew! Anyway, here are the pics:

First, another random picture of my cat!! (1)


I just got (2) suited up, Aren't I sexy? Eh, you look a bit different (3) after A 7 mill wetsuit does (4) WONDERS for one's figure. . (5) Yes, they put me in PINK. FULL PINK. Knowing how much I hate it. And I was the only one, too. SO I did everything I could to make sure my outfit was ENTIRELY pink so that everyone was nauseous.

(6) My buddy Renee and I get in the water... don't those hoods look comfortable? I look like an alien... After the dive, we (7) floated around, told dirty jokes (8) and played around in the water. (9) Here's me in full gear. I was wearing 23.5 pounds of weight in addition to a 45 pound tank. That was 30 pounds plus a 45 pound tank when we were in the ocean. I've never in my life been more grateful for the squats I do each week!

After the first two dives, and in between, a bunch of us jumped off the bridge near the dive site. I was the first to go! Apparently, it's tradition... and it doesn't hurt at all because of the thick wetsuit. Not to mention, the bridge isn't REALLY all that high. With a wetsuit on, you float like a buoy... it's kind of funny. Here we are (10) getting ready to jump, (11) jumping!, and (12) taking the plunge. I must have done that 6 or 7 times, it was great!

It was the second day that we went to the ocean. Forty eight degree water makes one truly happy for a thermal wetsuit. The lake was 70 degrees. The visibility in the ocean was null, but we were happy to be there. Here's (13) Justin and I on the Jetty. (14) And again.