Orlando

Thus spake Chris Bergquist <chrisb1erg*NOSPAM*@pacbell.net> :

>I'm going to be in Orlando for business in early March time frame. I
>was thinking about adding a day to the trip and try some Florida
>diving. Any recommendations?
>Need to fly in and out of Orlando.
>
>Chris
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The Living Seas at WDW Epcot. $140 for for about 40 minutes of diving
in one of the world's largest aquriums. (aquria)
--
dillon

Could have been is in the past
Could be is in the future
There is only the now

Thus spake Chris Bergquist <chrisb1erg*NOSPAM*@pacbell.net> :

>I'm going to be in Orlando for business in early March time frame. I
>was thinking about adding a day to the trip and try some Florida
>diving. Any recommendations?
>Need to fly in and out of Orlando.
>
>Chris
>
>chrisb1erg*NOSPAM*@pacbell.net
>
>Remove *NOSPAM*

The Living Seas at WDW Epcot. $140 for for about 40 minutes of diving
in one of the world's largest aquriums. (aquria)
--
dillon

Could have been is in the past
Could be is in the future
There is only the now

"Whistler" wrote

> A similar battle has been going on in La Jolla for years. They built an
> artificial cove called the Children's pool, which the harbor seals decided
> was quite nice. I think the current status is that you can use the beach
> as long as you don't scare any seals into the water. Either extreme kind
> of made sense to me (California has lots of seal habitat and California
> has lots of beaches and dive sites), but now we have a situation where
> federal wildlife officials have to make decisions based on the interaction
> of human and animal behavior, which I think is guaranteed to both fail to
> protect the seals and fail to please the people trying to use the beach.

Tell the Canadians about it. They'll bring their clubs right down.

Lee

"Whistler" wrote

> A similar battle has been going on in La Jolla for years. They built an
> artificial cove called the Children's pool, which the harbor seals decided
> was quite nice. I think the current status is that you can use the beach
> as long as you don't scare any seals into the water. Either extreme kind
> of made sense to me (California has lots of seal habitat and California
> has lots of beaches and dive sites), but now we have a situation where
> federal wildlife officials have to make decisions based on the interaction
> of human and animal behavior, which I think is guaranteed to both fail to
> protect the seals and fail to please the people trying to use the beach.

Tell the Canadians about it. They'll bring their clubs right down.

Lee

"Gary Owens" wrote

> Last time I was there was Dec, but we live only 15 min from there, so as
> soon as the weekend schedules clear a bit, I'll go over.
> If its a very cold day, the manatee will stay near the cave in the 72 deg
> water, but as the day warms up they move downstream to the St John's.

Next time you're there, don't be a stranger, introduce yourself. I do
the hole there several times a year, just not this year yet.

Curtis

"Gary Owens" wrote

> Last time I was there was Dec, but we live only 15 min from there, so as
> soon as the weekend schedules clear a bit, I'll go over.
> If its a very cold day, the manatee will stay near the cave in the 72 deg
> water, but as the day warms up they move downstream to the St John's.

Next time you're there, don't be a stranger, introduce yourself. I do
the hole there several times a year, just not this year yet.

Curtis

"Gary Owens" <gowens1@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
news:vpMHf.1437$_c.1152@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
> Not that I've heard, and I can guarantee It won't be me. I managed to look
> down that little hole once when the flow was light. There is a reason I'm
> just "Cavern", not "Cave". Something to do with 4000+lbs. a cubic yard for
> that limestone.

I try to make it past there nearly every time I get a chance to go there...
Haven't succeeded yet and I started around 1981... I've been chewed up, spit
out, and had a chance to examine the overhead everytime I've tried... For
me, it's kind of this "forbidden fruit" type of thing... With that much
flow, there *has* to be a decent cave system back behind that rock... I'm
curious if I could get a line around the rock and attach it to a few lift
bags so that the rock could be moved... Hey Curtis... Any idea how much it
might weigh? I suspect that once you get through the restriction, the flow
will lessen... The problem is getting through it though... So far, I haven't
heard of anyone who has survived it...

"Gary Owens" <gowens1@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
news:vpMHf.1437$_c.1152@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
> Not that I've heard, and I can guarantee It won't be me. I managed to look
> down that little hole once when the flow was light. There is a reason I'm
> just "Cavern", not "Cave". Something to do with 4000+lbs. a cubic yard for
> that limestone.

I try to make it past there nearly every time I get a chance to go there...
Haven't succeeded yet and I started around 1981... I've been chewed up, spit
out, and had a chance to examine the overhead everytime I've tried... For
me, it's kind of this "forbidden fruit" type of thing... With that much
flow, there *has* to be a decent cave system back behind that rock... I'm
curious if I could get a line around the rock and attach it to a few lift
bags so that the rock could be moved... Hey Curtis... Any idea how much it
might weigh? I suspect that once you get through the restriction, the flow
will lessen... The problem is getting through it though... So far, I haven't
heard of anyone who has survived it...

Drive about an hour west to Port Orange and go with "Discover Diving."
Very cool people.

-Amanda

Chris Bergquist wrote:

> I'm going to be in Orlando for business in early March time frame. I
> was thinking about adding a day to the trip and try some Florida
> diving. Any recommendations?
> Need to fly in and out of Orlando.
>
> Chris
>
> chrisb1erg*NOSPAM*@pacbell.net
>
> Remove *NOSPAM*
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Drive about an hour west to Port Orange and go with "Discover Diving."
Very cool people.

-Amanda

Chris Bergquist wrote:

> I'm going to be in Orlando for business in early March time frame. I
> was thinking about adding a day to the trip and try some Florida
> diving. Any recommendations?
> Need to fly in and out of Orlando.
>
> Chris
>
> chrisb1erg*NOSPAM*@pacbell.net
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> Remove *NOSPAM*
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