Geez- its been 2 months since my last entry... BUT-- it's not my fault!  MDL wouldn't let me sign in for some reason    Ok so what happened to all of the smilies here? Ok, so whats been happening over the past few months...  Well.. I took 2 TDI classes (Adv Nitrox & Deco Procedures, and Trimix is slated for a couple months from now- although I have my 1st mix dive coming up this Friday..).  I've done quite a bit of LAKE diving in the past 2 months as well... yes lake diving... as in diving in a LAKE.. *grin*.    No, not Lake Parasite (Perris), but over in Mead and Mohave.. Mead has some wonderful sites that I wasn't aware of (wreck alley, aggregate piles/batch plant, and a couple of plane wrecks- one of which isn't open YET, but I'm chomping at the bit to dive it..).  The PBY plane wreck is a new one and has just been 'opened' to divers by the NPS..  It sits at about 190fsw (cross your fingers for calm winds this Friday *hint hint* )....        The B29 is the one I'm waiting for~ I'm so excited & waiting on the NPS to open it is driving me nuts!        Wreck Alley is set up quite well- the lines are already in place, so all you have to do is follow em.. (I believe you can thank www.lakemeadtechnicaldivers.com  for it, thanks double Steves!) The first boat sits in about 150-160fsw, if you look closely you'll find a frog sitting on it.. The 2nd boat is the Ranger, which sits in about 180- I'd like to spend more time on it, get some pics... I haven't gotten to the other wrecks (yet), but I have a feeling that it's just a matter of time... Lake Mohave was... hmm.... interesting. The dive was the "school bus" wreck but I was SO cold on that dive that I didn't have much interest in seeing it~ my hands were numb by the end of the dive..  I think the temp was 46-47F, which wasn't terribly cold- but I froze my tail off!

The Pacific hasn't been very cooperative over the last 2 months~ we've been getting hit by storm after storm and I think the frustration level in the dive community is getting high. Now, that doesn't mean that I haven't been diving *grin*... Several dives to the Yukon, Ruby, P38, and even a couple of beach dives (yeah, as in I put my stuff on at the car and WALK into the ocean... ugh).. lol..   Uh huh, I've gotten spoiled..  I have acquired my first  wreck "artifacts" recently- I won't say from where, as I will no doubt get chastised for it.. But I'm pleased ...   Speaking of wrecks & artifacts, I went to the DSD banquet and met John Chatterton and Richie Kohler (pics are on my MySpace page-  http://www.myspace.com/_missy_p  ...  Oh, as long as you're there, check out my pic of my  2 backplates- haha-- purple one matches my purple drysuit, pink plate matches pink drysuit.. now THATS coordination!  Fortunately for me theres a dive shop that has a  flair for matching stuff like that (and yep, its a tech dive shop, lol)... 

Ok thats all for now.. It's late and I have to finish packing for Vegas (read up a couple of paragraphs to the "hint hint" & you'll know why).  Remember, wish calm wind thoughts for Friday!            ~*M*~