Oh padi….

[TheVTCGuy]

I got this today, PADI has probably been a member longer then I have and will make me eat my gloating, but I think it’s kind of cool I can’t believe I have been a certified scuba instructor for 40 years. I started teaching actually in Mexico at age 17, and worked the summers on the Great Lakes searching for shipwrecks. I haven’t taught in years, keep saying I am getting back in to it, but I look back at some of my dives and jobs and think: “What the hell was I doing!?” But… when you are young, you are indestructible. I keep a couple cool finds displayed, the ink bottle is one of my favorites. I found it on the wreck of the A.B. Williams which sank in 1864 in 100 feet of water in Lake Huron, this is back in the 70s. I made my way in to the hold and think I found the Captain’s Cabin. Anyway, maybe I will get back in to diving maybe not, but there are a lot of great memories and experiences, and being involved with an organization for 40 years is kind of cool. Here is a link to a video of a dive on the A.B. Williams.

https://youtu.be/JEAwAGQIo6E