Old dives

Dive Makai

Bill McDowell believes that shrimp swam into his mouth while he was diving at Dive Makai in Hawaii.

Abalone safe for Thanksgiving
John Beland

Well, we had fun, but no diving. Vicki Beland and I arrived Friday ~1600 at Van Damme State Park. Tom Whitaker and Debbie Kane arrived earlier after spending Turkey Day/Evening in Elk. Bernie and LibAnn Cappelli arrived ~1800 after visiting Darla and the car show. The weather overcast, windy, cold. After setting up camp, we went to North Coast Brewing for some good cheer and good food. Tom and John stayed up late around the campfire telling stories and drinking fine liquor.

Night was crystal clear, so John did some 3 a.m. star watching down on the beach, while attempting (without much success) to clear the cobwebs hanging about from all that fine liquor and BS.

Morning was clear and cold. Near high tide made cove and ocean undiveable, especially for those still a little bleary from the previous night...must be time for breakfast at the Whale's Tale (Tail?). After breakfast and the obligatory visits to the toy stores and shoe stores and hamburger joints in Mendocino, and after spending several minutes (hours?) watching the waves crash on the rocks, no one showed any interest in getting cold and wet...so...packed up camp Saturday afternoon, drove to Orinda, and denatured some bird protein in the warm environs of Bernie and LibAnn's kitchen.

So once again the abs were spared from the greedy clutches of Alacosta Divers.