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Maryland - land of chilly quarries and murky ocean
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Back to work
I'm back home in Maryland after my first day back at work. I spent the day daydreaming, I got my open water cert with Dive Bus in Curacao, along with my advanced diver training. A great time, 2 tank dives 5 out of 6 days. I couldn't believe how beautiful everything was just steps from shore. On Saturday Dogenia was my dive buddy, a great photographer that posts on this site. He took some great pics at the Tugboat. I can't stop looking at them. Mark, Suzy and Tim at the Dive Bus were great instructors and DM. I'll have to make time and money to do it again. I didn't even get enough time on the reef right at the Dive Bus site. I saw a huge ray, barracuda, turtle, huge moray eel, seahorse, more than I can keep track of. Tough choice, go back to Curacao or look for other spots.
Maryland - land of chilly quarries and murky ocean
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A quote from the Boondock Sanits? My, you are a local girl. I've seen them at the Golden on Ellicott City. I'm not seeing much diving via internet searches that attracts me in the area. I'll check out the forum, thanks.
Yeah it's not "good" diving, but it's a way to get wet, keep your skills refined, etc. Lake Rawlings is my favorite, because it's the warmest. It's 3 hours from me...so prob a little further from you. Dutch Springs (in PA) might be closer to you, but it is always always cold. Milbrook is the closest in Haymarket, VA. It's nothing special but once June/July rolls around it's warm enough above the thermocline and convenient to get to. If you check out the sticky in the regional forum, and go to post 7...it lists all the diving locations in the area...there are actually quite a few.