The Offenders Dive Club

Bermuda Trip Report

So, I am back from my whirlwind tour of Bermuda, and here is what I have to report. This island is expensive. Gas is $8 / gal, a half hour taxi ride is about $45, and the average home costs $700,000. I'll mention some bargains later. I arrived on a cruise ship,
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Turks & Caicos / Beaches Trip Report - Jim Clark

My wife and I spent 8 days at Beaches T&C Resort. I have never been a big fan of this type of resort but theychanged my mind. If you have younger kids this is a great place to go with a water park, 8 pools and nightly shows. So lets get to the diving. Beaches Dive Center did a very good job and really went out of there way for us. The diving at the resort was free so I booked three days with another op but ended up not using them due to all the great diving. We were there with a group of 40 people and had two boats filled.

Cheap Airfair Trip to West Palm Beach

Got back yesterday just in time for the snowstorm.

Arrived at West Palm Beach at 2:30 and headed straight for Peanut Island. Should have checked the tide tables, as the water taxi dropped me off at the dock an hour after dead low tide. This is a state park in the middle of Lake Worth. Water taxi is $10 round trip either from the North Palm Beach marina on 13th Street, or from the Sailfish Marina in Palm Beach Shores. Even at low tide, the snorkeling was excellent. Only stayed an hour because I wanted to check with the Narcosis about diving the offshore reef. Apparently, visibility has been over 100 feet for over a week - and getting better.

Lehigh River Clean-Up

“Volunteers Pitch In as Part of the National River Clean Up “ Local citizens, of the Lehigh Valley, banded together to tackle the litter in the Lehigh River and the surrounding areas of the river as part of the National River Cleanup 2009. The Offenders Dive Club, Scouts, and individuals participated along with tens of thousands of volunteers taking part in hundreds of cleanups across the country to remove trash from local rivers and streams. The stream clean up took place on Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 10:00AM in the Canal Park area in Allentown, PA. Local businesses and community members showed their support by donating food, water, rope, gloves, trash bags, and boats.