Hi Roger,

We also did sailing at Seabase and it definitely was not a cheap trip,
either that or Philmont.  I didn't go to Philmont as my back cannot handle
that many days of backpacking.  I've never actually dived in colder water
as all my dives have either been in the Philippines, Mexico, The Caribbean,
or Australia.

Hank

On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 3:31 PM Roger Pihlaja Home <Roger_Pihlaja at msn.com>
wrote:

> Hank,
>
> We worked with a local SCUBA diving outfitter that I’ve used before.
> Because it was for the Boy Scouts, he gave us a tremendous package deal on
> the lessons, personal gear, and dive charter.  We were able to offer 4 days
> of shipwreck diving in the Straits of Mackinac (tip of the “mitten” where
> Lake Michigan and Lake Huron meet) for ~1/4 the cost of a trip to the BSA’s
> Florida Seabase.  Plus, no waiting list!  I’ve been to Philmont, the
> Northern Tier, and the Florida Seabase (although it was for sailing, not
> SCUBA).  I find the BSA High Adventure Bases to be expensive for what they
> offer and you often have to make reservations 2 years in advance.
>
> I got my original SCUBA certification in the Virgin Islands, MUCH warmer
> water!
>
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Jun 28, 2020, at 3:09 PM, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Very nice!  My son did Philmont and then we both did Seabase in
> Florida.  I
> > got my open water certification in the Philippines so slightly warmer
> temps
> > that what you were dealing with, lol!
> >
> > Hank
> >
> >> On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 2:36 PM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> With Sanford Lake reduced to a small trickle of its former self, I have
> to
> >> find my on-the water fun elsewhere.  In August, I’m leading my Boy Scout
> >> Troop on a High Adventure Shipwreck SCUBA Diving Trip to the Straits of
> >> Mackinac Shipwreck Preserve.  We’ve been working all Winter/Spring to
> get
> >> our SCUBA certification.  The final step was to do 4 open water
> >> certification dives as a sort of hands-on final exam.  We did our 4 open
> >> water certification dives at Higgins Lake last week Thursday & Friday.
> The
> >> attachments are some photos of the event.  Higgins Lake is very deep and
> >> cold, hence the full wetsuits, gloves, and hoods.
> >>
> >> Roger Pihlaja
> >> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> >>
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