July 26: I know, I know... for anyone who's a scuba diver AND been to Flaming Gorge, you may wonder if that is if fact an oxymoron, but yes I did indeed dive at the gorge. It was...well you know, Jeremy may be right - let me explain - I may be becoming a bit spoiled when it comes to Scuba Diving. So let me get back to what it was before I get to what it wasn't. It was cold, it was rocky, it was muddy, and it was...did I say cold yet? So I have been in some of the best (arguably) Scuba Diving waters in the world - including Disney World - and I've dove in the Caribbean as late as January, so this being my very next dive, it wasn't a comparison. Yes, I was able to don my gear and enjoy what could be called Self-Contained Underwater Breathing for a subtotal of about 90 minutes, but there just wasn't anything interesting there. So my official report is that I would love to go back to the gorge and do some more water skiing or maybe even camping again - farther South though - but I doubt that I will even be able to make another blog entry with the same title. I didn't take my underwater camera with me this time, and it's just as well, I wouldn't have taken much of any pictures anyway.
The water was very refreshing at about 70 degrees with the 100+ temp. We didn't go below about 30 feet. And at 30 feet it was about 60 degree water. We wore a full 7mm wet suit with gloves and hoodies where available (I didn't have one and my ears were very numb). Here is the Utah Diving perspective of Flaming Gorge.
The first picture is me and Steve - who is a Dive Instructor all geared up and ready to dive. Here is a self portrait through the boats rear view mirror - that is Chris (captain) and Colette on the left.
I managed to get in a few minutes of skiing on the way back to camp.
Here's another one with me and Chris.
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