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> Date sent:      Mon, 17 Jun 1996 09:31:39 -0400 (EDT)
> From:           Roger Herring <abcr@gn*.fd*.ne*>
>
> On Fri, 31 May 1996, Ken Sallot wrote:
> 
> > I just wanted to say a few things. I just got back from spending a glorious 
> > weekend at Wakulla (even if I didn't get any sleep last night *ahem* inside 
> > joke). Everything went right for us this weekend. 
> > 
> > The visibility is the best I have EVER seen diving in anything since I did
my 
> > first checkout dive in Honduras back in 1981 to now. 250'+ EASILY, and the 
> > water had the perfect aqua blue. It was real amazing to me when I was doing
my 
> > 20' stop today looking over the ledge and I could see line arrows on the
line 
> > down at 120' below me.
> > 
> >
> 
> Ken, 
> 
> Give me a break. The vis was at least 300+:). Seriously, what an 
> incredible sight. I mean I have seen Wakulla in videos, but those didn't 
> come anywhere near doing it justice. I was so awe struck that my safety 
> diving partner (Jody from NC I think) gave me the OK sign several times 
> to probably see if I was still breathing! If any of you ever get the 
> chance to dive this place, I promise you it is worth any effort. Damn, 
> you could stick 80 Ginnies in this place.
> 
> The operation was incredible slick.  Wakulla was jammed packed with 
> weekenders. I lost track of how many tanks and scooters were taken in and 
> out over a day. No muss, No fuss. Even with that much equipment, very few 
> people even realized we were there. It was a great learning experience to 
> see these gear configurations, scooters, etc, up close.
> 
> Hell, I even met the G-man himself. Who said he was a 
> mean-spirited-bastard? Actually, he was funny as hell. Had some great 
> stories. I use to tell myself that this operation could not be as 
> organized and refined as I have heard on these lists. Shit, I'm a 
> believer now.
> 
> We missed the Lucy Ho's experience, however. Decided to camp out at 
> Ochlocknee State Park with the kids. Error. It rained like hell. What a 
> mess. Ken, what happened at Lucy's?
> 
> 
> Roger

Roger,

I'm glad that you enjoyed yourself. It sounds like you did. You saw 
how organized we ran everything, and you saw how the support shifts 
ran like clockwork. You saw the divers go in, do their jobs, and come 
out. You saw us put 4 gas teams in the water without any sort of 
incident. You saw us put in over 80 bottles (at least 4 deco bottles 
per diver * 12 divers = 48, then numerous stages, safeties, extra 
deco bottles) and about 18 scooters. You saw it all happen, and I'm 
sure you noticed how most of the people in the park didn't even know 
we were there and that we had no impact on everyone's ability to 
enjoy the park.

It's a total team effort to get things done. Everyone was valuable 
and appreciated. By the way, I forgot to give thanks to a few other 
people such as Joel Markwell and Rebecca for showing up and helping 
us out.

Ken

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