Hello from suburban Chicago!

[Rapid Star]

Hello fellow divers!
I am a recently certified diver who lives in the suburbs of Chicago and just wanted to say hi to all my fellow divers where ever you are! Anyone in the area headed out to Haigh Quarry this weekend?

 

[Marie13]

Hello from Chicagoland! I'm in the NW burbs. Doing pool work for my OW class this weekend. I'll be out at the Quarry in about 3 weeks for my checkout dives.

 

[Rapid Star]

Hi far western burbs for me!
Nice, which shop are you taking your classes thru? The quarry should be nice and warm for you at that time.

 

[Marie13]

DRIS. The drive isn't bad unless I'm doing it at rush hour.

And you?

 

[Rapid Star]

Cool, I've heard a lot of good feedback about them. Driving anywhere in Chicago during rush hour is nothing short of an adventure!

I took my OW course thru Below H2O in Naperville. Checkouts were at Haigh Quarry... in the first week of June! Temperatures on the platforms was around 55 degrees! Should be much better for you, last week it was 70 degrees at 20 feet as I remember.

 

[Marie13]

I'll be doing it in a dry suit.

 

[Rapid Star]

Did mine in a 7 mil with a hood. It was cold but not uncomfortably so. You will be nice and comfortable for sure!

 

[Marie13]

I'm really looking forward to it.

 

[Rapid Star]

Awesome, you will love scuba diving, it is so addictive!

 

[Marie13]

Yes, as I've already discovered (I took a Discover Scuba class two weeks ago to see how I liked it before signing up for OW).