Plan One Yourself!
- Over on the other forum, somebody was lamenting, "We need more Dive meets..." And I couldn't help responding as follows: If you want to go to a Vintage Dive event, why do you feel like somebody else has to plan it for you? Pick a location and a date and put the word out.
- Our small group of 4-6 Midwest enthusiasts has been scheduling vintage get togethers regularly and posting them here and on VDH. In fact we're going to one THIS weekend (June 25-26) at Fortune Pond, MI. Usually its Fortune Pond MI or Wazee WI but we've done other places, including Ore-Be-Gone, Square Lake, and even the Richmond Swimming pool. Sometimes we've done two trips a month in the Summer season.
- Here's the Rub... Usually its just our same 4-6 guys that show up. All the other guys who never come have one thing in common: They all say, "I had this or that to do but, I'll come to the NEXT one". They are assuming we are some official function that they can count on to keep scheduling these events. Well, we're not. And there's no guarantee that THIS trip won't be the last time we waste the effort of posting our trips in these forums.
- So, if you're wishing there were more Vintage Dive Events, either GO to the ones that other people plan for you or, PLAN YOUR OWN and GO TO THAT ONE!
P.S. Wherever two or more divers get together for Vintage, that's an event. If more show up, its icing on the cake. And if others don't come, that's okay, too. I have had a fantastic good time at every Vintage Get Together that so many others didn't come to. THEY missed it but I didn't! Ha! It's a Win/Win proposition.