> I wish I had 45 dives in already!  I hate this climate so badly
 > I could just scream.  Shouldn't really complain though as I could
 > have been born in Minn or Wisconsin.
I was born in the northeast and did my first couple of years of
diving in the quarries around Maryland, Pennsylvania, etc.  Then
I moved west and had the pleasure of diving in Southern California
for several years.  There was a brief spell in Colorado when I
got so lonesome for scuba diving that I actually got talked into
ice diving, but fortunately I quickly came to my senses and moved
to Florida about seven years ago.  No chance of seeing me in wet
latex north of West Palm Beach ever again!  :-)
 > The Bahamas has always been my favorite and I try to get to Nassau
 > as often as I can.  The only island in the Bahama chain that I don't
 > like has Freeport.  Just to touristy for me.  Keep me posted and maybe
 > I can make that one.
We chartered a "bareboat" liveaboard out of Ft. Lauderdale last
Fall and ran a dive trip over to Bimini, across to Andros, and
then up to Chub Cay in the Berries.  Carl Wilson, Margie Nahas
and I were on the boat.  We liked it so much that we're planning
another trip for sometime this Summer.  Margie's in charge of
reservations, so send her a note in this echo.
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