May 30-31st at Dutch Springs
May 30-31st 2009 at Dutch Springs
Well, I
made it up to Dutch Springs this weekend.
We had a couple of Open Water students.
I got there after the gates were open due to some traffic on 295 and my
desire to stay in bed for just five more minutes…. I got there and went into to update my status
to INSTRUCTOR. (YEAH) At first they couldn’t find the paperwork
for my proof of insurance. So they gave
me an Uninsured Instructor card, I walked outside and found Kevin. He said He had the paperwork. It was on his desk. I had to get a new card already. I found out that my whole family gets
cards. So Bree and Chase came in and got
their cards. The girls just love the Lil
man. It was cute to see him get his
first ID card. We finally made it inside
around 9. I met up with Clay and the
Students, Brian and Brendan (my Company Commander). We briefed the first dive. We did a direct descent to the platform and a
tour to the Bus. Some buoyancy issues
were clearly identified and discussed during the debrief. We brief the second dive. On the platform, we did the skills and toured
the North Wall to see the Graffiti. I
found a Divebuddy.com sticker on the bottom (I found out where it came from
later.) We stopped at the Peace sign and
turned around. It was a great dive. I was pleased with the student’s skills. We discussed the dive and filled out our log
books.
Bree and I
got a room at the Comfort Inn not far from Dutch Springs. We headed down to Reading for a Graduation party. A fun time was had by all. We made back to the hotel and watched Game 1
of the Stanley Cup playoffs. We went to bed
early. I was woken up at about 3 am by a
beeping from the Viper remote. That was
the impact tone. I got dress and walked
outside and something doesn’t look right with the truck passenger side rear
window. It isn’t there. NOT AGAIN.
I walked up and saw glass on the ground.
I look around and see two guys four vehicles over. The one guy says they got me too. As I walk away, I said I am calling the
cops. He says you do that. I got the manager to call the locals. I walk back outside and wait for the cops and
the two guys are gone. @#$%&%$#@ THOSE WERE THE GUYS. The cops show up. We verify that the second
vehicle doesn’t belong to the guys I talked to.
I figure out that the only things clearly missing are my camera and Bree’s
camera. I was furious. The cops took know prints. Nothing.
I was unimpressed I have been robbed twice in less than a month. I was not feeling to positive by the time I
got back to bed. DANG THE BAD LUCK!!!
I made it
to Dutch Springs after opening again.
Bree didn’t want to stay at the hotel alone.