It's been a long weekend. -- not because I've been studying for my quals like I should have been, but rather because I spent it at a private quarry outside Watertown, WI obtaining my PADI Advanced Open Water SCUBA dive certification! The lake-like structure on the satellite map is where we were diving, near an abandoned cement factory.
It's been something that I wanted to do for a couple years now, having gotten my original Open Water certification in the spring of 2001. We did courses on underwater naturalism, navigation, a typical night dive, a deep dive, and a dive geared towards underwater search and recovery techniques.
Still, it was pretty intense. We were on the move from 8 AM to midnight on Saturday, and from 8 AM until 6:30 today. After your second dive of a day, hauling on that cold, sloppy wetsuit one more time becomes a mental as well as a physical challenge!
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