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I do that every other week to get to cave country.
yeah well I'd do it for cave diving no problem, not sure I'd do it for a quarry...
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I do that every other week to get to cave country.
Certainly did notice. In fact, Devon was there yesterday and he was telling me about some of the other changes he has made that I did not see (we only did one dive as my wife got chilly at the end of our first dive) and some more that he is planning on implementing. I'm excited about what he has done so far. It was he that was telling me about the plans to do the Lake Norman quarry this fall/winter and I just assumed that the JMR quarry would be next year.@GreggS
We have dove the quarries a few times in past years but with our new drysuits we joined again to get in practice dives. I don’t know if you noticed but the newest Quarry Manager for American Quarry, Devan, has made a lot of updates and it’s still a work in progress.
He now has 4 bubblers and until the recent rains the viz was remarkable (for a quarry ). He and his assistants have cleaned out most of the old lines and installed new hi viz roping, new marking buoys, new platforms and 2 trampolines, one on the bottom and one suspended like a platform.
He also plans to do a general clean up of the grounds and I have started restocking the First Aid kit and welcome suggestions to improve the kit.
Plans are to eventually install bubblers at all the PDRA sites.
When visiting Gray Quarry in TN, I hover above the aerator for a minute or two to enjoy the warm fizzy jacuzzi sensation.
Been considering joining NC PDRA to check out Lake Norman and American quarries, this thread is inspiration to go for it this year. Thanks for the info GreggS!
From what I understand, the reason LN has been flooded is that the overflow for the quarry is stopped up and nobody knows where it is. It's been flooded since early last year.FWIW. Lake Norman has been flooded for sometime now. I *think* it still is.
In January I got 53 to 52. Late April 62ish. Early May 64 to 62. Mid May 66. End of May a solid 67 throughout.
Every day we go someone says “Did you see the paddlefish? There were _____.”
No! I have yet to see those dang paddlefish!
As for paddlefish, my wife and I have seen several. All that we've seen at LN have been in the cove to the left of the main entry point. We stayed in the corner closest to the parking area watching about a half dozen swimming around. We've had some swim beside us at American.