Greetings from Chicago!

[luckiePenguin]

Hi all, just got my NAUI card yesterday, so wanted to wait to post until I was "official" official. I'm quite new to diving, and my next (albeit, first) trip is a long 8 months away . . . although it'll be in Cuba, so I'm very excited for that! Am hoping to sneak in a domestic trip around Christmas so that I don't get too rusty. If anyone has suggestions, I'm all ears!

I hope to be picking all your brains quite soon as I begin the search for my own gear. Glad to be a part of these boards!

Amy

 

[Marie13]

Greetings from the NW Chicago burbs! My OW dives are at Haigh this weekend.

 

[Chappys4life]

Greetings from Chicago! Another Chicago Diver.

 

[Sam Miller III]

Congrats !

I had a cousin who lived in Kankakee...I visited him once ...........
Dang it was cold !!!

Enjoy your new found adventure

SDM
NAUI Instructor #27

 

[TMHeimer]

Welcome to the board. I'm sure you'll find a zillion threads on equipment suggestions for new divers--In fact I think there's one going on now. With the layoff you have, I always recommend reviewing the basic skills mentally in the meantime. Good luck in Cuba--it may be a bit changed since we were there in '03. Too bad it was 2 years before I got certified.

 

[Marie13]

I had a cousin who lived in Kankakee...I visited him once ...........
Dang it was cold !!!

Oh, for heaven's sake. It's not that cold! Midwesterners are hardy folk.

 

[Chappys4life]

Oh, for heaven's sake. It's not that cold! Midwesterners are hardy folk.

In the deeper section is can get pretty chilly. Was 52 Sunday by the houseboat

 

[Marie13]

In the deeper section is can get pretty chilly. Was 52 Sunday by the houseboat

Are you talking about Haigh? I'll be diving dry, so the cold matters little.

 

[They call me Tater]

Welcome, and enjoy.

Don't try the black hole then, more like the 40s. And pretty dark last time I was there.

 

[Chappys4life]

Are you talking about Haigh? I'll be diving dry, so the cold matters little.

Yup was there doing my Advanced Open water last weekend