Hello All!
Cook-Out & Garage Sale!
We wanted to invite everyone to our 2nd annual Spring Cook-out and Garage Sale. For those of you that don’t remember here’s how it works, we will stick some tables out in the parking lot and you bring any of your old SCUBA gear you’re looking to get rid of and put it up for sale. That’s it. We don’t take a cut and of course don’t guarantee anything either but it’s a chance to sell your stuff and, hopefully, upgrade to some new gear. We had a lot of fun last year so give it a try. We will also have food, drinks, stories and more at the Spring Cook-out so please stop by and spend the day. Any purchases from the store will get you a free T-shirt while supplies last. Hope to see everyone there.
Upcoming Trip
Some of you have heard me talk about my big trip next year. I’m going to Palau, Yap and Hawaii and I’d love for you to come along. The nice thing about this trip is you can go on all or part of it. Don’t want to go to Palau? meet me in Yap. Can’t take 20 days off skip Hawaii or even Hawaii and Yap. I’ll provide all the details and help you make your reservations but how you go and what you do is up to you. Here are the details and the approximate costs. All are subject to change but the times should be within a day or so.
Palau, Yap & Hawaii Trip Details
Palau Trip Details
I’m going into Palau a day early to get my clock reset. I’ll be staying at Land Mark Marina Palau www.landmarkmarina.com/en/ for 2 nights then getting on the Ocean Hunter III www.oceanhunter.com/ for a week of diving then 1 more night at the Land Mark before heading to Yap. Cost approx.: $4,200 (airfare to follow)
August 20th, Leave LAX.
August 21st, Arriving at Palau.
August 22nd, Overnight stay at Land Mark, Marina Palau.
August 23rd, Boarding Ocean Hunter III.
August 30th, Departing Ocean Hunter III.
August 30th, Overnight stay at Land Mark Marina Palau.
Yap Trip Details
I’m spending a week in Yap at the Manta Ray Bay Resort www.mantaray.com/ Cost approx.: $1,400
September 1st, Flight to Yap.
September 1st – 8th, Diving in Yap with Manta Ray, Bay Resort.
Hawaii Trip Details
I’ll spend 2 days in Honolulu visiting Pearl Harbor then fly home. Cost approx.: $500
September 8th, Flight to Hawaii, Check into Outrigger in Honolulu.
September 8th – 10th, Visiting Pearl Harbor.
September 10th, Flight to LAX.
Airfare: Cost for LAX to Palau to Yap to Hawaii to LAX is approx. $2,800. We can break this up as needed.
I’m starting to firm this up so if you think you might like to go please give me a call. The big constraint is the live aboard in Palau so get me a deposit quickly.
Set Trips
We have set our trips for the rest of the year and here’s a quick run down. This month we’re going to head to West Palm Beach for 3 days of Drift Diving. If you have not had a chance to dive West Palm Beach it is a blast. You can even get your Drift Diving certificate if you wish. We are heading there for Memorial Day weekend and will get 10 dives in. There are a limited number of spots so let us know.
We are going to Panama City Beach in June, always a nice trip and the Keys in July. You should be able to get 9 dives in on the Keys trip so sign up today. Aug will see us in NC to dive a U-Boat and we’re doing a Bahamas live Aboard in Sept. It is sold out but I may be able to get more spots so let me know. Back to the Keys in Oct for a very special Michael White lead trip. If you have not had a chance to dive with Michael you should give this trip a try. I promise, you’ll have fun. Nov is Bonaire and Galapagos in Dec. Galapagos is sold out but we have a side trip going so call for details and we still have a few spots for Bonaire. We are also going to try some new spots for check out dives, Loch Lo-Minn in TN. and Vortex in Fl. Even if you don’t need a check out dive these will be fun trips so come along.
Web Store
The Web store is up and running and we’ve even had a few sales. Please check it out and tell us what you think.
You can get to it from our home page www.diveatlanta.com click on gear at the top and ignore the pull down menu . That should take you there. If not try http://scubagear.diveatlanta.com/.
Remember, www.diveatlanta.com has all our current classes (including solo and drysuit) as well as trips.
Hope to see ya soon,
Lee & Brooke