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Shoals Lake spring of 2009 |
Located
in the beautiful Ozark mountains on the northern border of Arkansas
(440 miles from Morton). You will be lodging aboard luxury houseboats
for three days and nights. Boats have TV, VHS/DVD, air-conditioning,
refrigerator and one full bath. All meals and snacks are provided.
Transportation is arranged. Dive an average of six
dives right off the houseboat in the clear waters of Bull Shoals
Lake. Open Water, Advanced Open Water, and many specialty certification
dives can be completed on these trips. Available are swimming, water
skiing, fishing, night dive, wreck dive, spear fishing, jet skis,
barbecue dinner, and great fun. These are our most popular trips
at a very reasonable prices. Great trip for non divers. Many customers
do multiple trips each season. Scheduled from April through October.
Now
available 60 foot Super Deluxe Houseboats with private bedrooms,
slide, fly deck, large television with good reception and DVD/VHS
player, full kitchen with double refrigerators, two full bathrooms.
Extra charge depending on the room and time of year as
these boats have a rental fee double the regular deluxe houseboats.
For view go to www.bullshoalslakeboatdock.com
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Planned Trips for 2009 |
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| We are excited about
2009 as flooding throughout the Midwest resulted in unusual conditions
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May 1 -
4, 2009 $250(245). Off season rate for the 60 foot super
deluxe boat. Add $30 per person for private room. First trip of
the year is usually the clearest! $200(195) for 50 foot
houseboat. We will have two boats. Pre-trip meeting,
Wednesday, April 29.
May 22 - 25, 2009,
Memorial Day weekend. $260(255)
three days and nights on 50 foot houseboat. Pre-trip meeting,
Wed, May 20, 5 - 7 PM. Look for possible special on 60 foot deluxe houseboat.
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June 26 - 29, 2009
Treasure Hunt trip with over $1600 in prizes.
Eighteen
divers won prizes valued at $20 to over $300 in 2007. Join us
this year! 2nd boat is filling up. $265(260) for 4 days/3
nights. Pre-trip meeting Wednesday, June 24, 5 - 7 PM.
Three days/two nights $255(240). Full, call for cancellations. |
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August 14 - 17 (13 - 16), 2009
$270(265). Great time on the deluxe 60 foot houseboat. Rental is less
for this luxurious houseboat but
the weather is still very nice. Water temperature in the 80s.
Add $30 for private room. Pre-trip meeting, Wed, August
12, 5-7 PM. One boat almost full! |
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October 9 - 12, 2009, Columbus Day weedend
$250(245).
Off season rate for the 60 foot super deluxe boat. Add $30 per person
for private room. Annual Pumpkin carving contest. Prizes
for everyone! $200 for 50 foot houseboat if there is enough for
two boats. Join us again for our year end trip. Pre-trip
meeting Wed, October 7, 5 - 7 PM. |
| Mermet
Springs |
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Located
in Southern Illinois, between Vienna and Metropolis. In
the Fall this rock quarry has some of the clearest water in
Illinois. It is stocked with a large variety of fish; it is the
home of U.S. Marshall's 72, as well as many other wrecks. Entry fee is
$20. $90 - $120 includes two entry fees, two air fills, one night
lodging, breakfast. Transportation is arranged. $95 for one day
including lodging. Can complete wreck diving and other specialty
certifications at this quarry. Visibility is 20 - 40 feet.
Our final trip of 2008 had 30 to 50 foot visibility. Can return but only in drysuits!
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Lakeland Park, Canton
Check for dates. |
This
former strip mine is stocked with fish and has some submerged underwater
structures. Good for training dives. |
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Lake Wazee, WI |
Camp out or stay at a local hotel at off season rates. 25 foot
visibility and lots of fish. $10 entree fee. Certification
dives if there is enough interest! Great new location.
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| Lake
Michigan,
July or August,
2009, Milwaukee, WI |
Join us
next year and we will dive the Milwaukee and Prins Wilhelm.
Visibility can be good. Must be advanced. Wreck and dry
suit certification available. Great trip this year. Need
$90 to reserve space. Additional cost are for transportation and
any equipment needed.
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| Haigh
Quarry, Kankakee, IL
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Only two and a half hours away. $20 entree fee.
Weekend or weekday (best time to go) if there are four of you that want to go for certification.
Cost for one day at Haig including extra air fill and arranged
transportation, $50. We will go on a Thursday and pretty much have the lake to ourselves with
at least 4 divers. 15 feet of visibility. Let us know if you can go on a Thursday.
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Bonne Terre Mine (sign up now for January, 2009, trip!) |
One of the most unusual dive sites in the
world. The world's largest flooded mine with 100 foot visibility
guarantees year around diving. It is
located an hour south of St. Louis. It has a constant water
temperature just under 60 degrees. The sights include: amazing
architecture of pillars, stalactites, and caverns, oar carts, elevator
shaft. and more. The mine is larger than anything we can describe.
$65 per trail dive (minimum of 3). Only $50 to $55 per dive if completing
open water certification. Can do deep dive, cavern dives, and much more in
a great environment!
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| Panama
City or Palm Beach, FL |
| Good wreck diving and clear springs around
Panama City.. Reef & drift diving off Palm Beach. Nearby are some
crystal clear fresh water springs. This is the nearest salt water
diving. This trip is not scheduled every year. This is as close as
we can get for ocean dives. |
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