What's happened

[jasondbaker]

I've personally only been in the water once this summer.  That's hard for me to accept.  It has just been a crazy year for me getting married, selling two homes, moving into a new home, and traveling to europe.  Diving just took a back seat.  I also know some other divers that haven't been in the water this year as much as previous years.  I've heard more than one person blame gas prices.  The viz at Wazee isn't as good as it used to be.  Dive access up at Crosby is more controlled.  I haven't talked to many dive shop owners to hear what sales have been like.  The stock market has been pretty good so I would expect sales and travel to be good as well.  In terms of the board our traffic always ebbs and flows.  Some of the more colorful characters haven't been around lately.  But most of the regulars are still here.  Some of us are just really busy.