Northwest Dive Club

Arlene and myself were joined by Calvin Tang, Gabbi, and Mike Penders last weekend for a camp and dive trip at Salt Creek. The weather was all over the place, with some sun, and some rain. We had a blast diving camping and hanging out. We managed a couple dives at Salt Creek, and then a rinse dive at Lake Crescent. I didnt really get that much for photos, but here are a few to share;
Thanks for the hanging out with us guys!

Was the viz that awesome really? Or is that the wide angle view?

Gdog, excellent colors and saturation. That scale worm is one of the best I've seen. Looks 3D. Wish I could have joined you.

fmerkel wrote:Was the viz that awesome really? Or is that the wide angle view?

The Crescent Lake shots were both wide angle and awesome vis. The Salt Creek shots were macro and vis varied; from shore out to about 35 fsw the vis was not great, like 12' or so. Beyond 35fsw the vis improved quite a bit to maybe 20' or so.

Scubie Doo wrote:Gdog, excellent colors and saturation. That scale worm is one of the best I've seen. Looks 3D. Wish I could have joined you.

Thanks Jesse. I wish you could have too, we had a blast.

Great Pics Gdog!! Nice colors! It looks like so much fun! Hope to go out there with you guys sometime! I really like the UW shots for Tangfish & Penders!
Hope you have a great day!!!

Ah, I should have realized that from the color.

Cool pics George!

The crab looks like a pygmy rock crab. Always a cool find, they usually live in giant barnacle casings and are usually very shy!

Did your wife dive?

YellowEye wrote:Cool pics George!

The crab looks like a pygmy rock crab. Always a cool find, they usually live in giant barnacle casings and are usually very shy!

Did your wife dive?

Thanks Eric. No, Arlene didnt dive. She played camp cook!

Dunno how I missed this thread but better late than never!

As Gdog said a great time was had by all

I hadn't ever dived Salt Creek (whoa KELP!) and hadn't been to Lake Crescent for a dive since way back in 2008

I gotta say a big THANK YOU to Arlene, for keeping us cozy and fed the entire time. She is definitely the Martha Stewart of camping! Here are some topside pics from the trip. I'm still waiting to get back to my bigger screen'd computer to go through the underwater ones.


The whole gang (minus me, holding the camera)


Our trusty DAN Shore Support™ crew


Gdog getting a laugh while each one of us was busy photographing another


MPenders posing for the next LL Bean catalog


Our Campground Cruise Director and her promising young understudy