Took a day trip to Monterey to go diving with my friend Dave and Wes today, had a great time. Wes hasn’t been in the water since his certification course, and was a little nervous, but he had did great. Dave has had plenty of recent experience diving off the California coast, and was a great resource since I haven’t been in this cold water for at least a couple of years.
Quotes of the weekend:
- “Speaking of chumming the water, that’s like throwing in a fucking cow!” – Wes
- “Damn, now I wish I had brought that laminated flamingo!” – Wes
Just as we were getting to Monterey, a small pickup drove by with a not-in-one-piece bovine carcass and Wes yelled out, “they’re going chumming!”.
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