by admin | Oct 9, 2012 | Dive Across America
Lake Tenkiller State Park, OK This lake was created when a dam was built on the Illinois River in 1953. Now it’s a water sports wonderland, complete with Scuba Park. But because of poor visibility, my first dive is a murky potential death trap of submerged tree...
by admin | Oct 9, 2012 | Dive Across America
Finally dived the Atlantic after a cross-country trip of freshwater adventures. Beautiful Cape Ann in Gloucester, MA is also the home of the Fisherman’s Memorial–commemorating the thousands that have worked out of the seaport and were lost or killed at...
by admin | Oct 9, 2012 | Dive Across America
Rare fish and flying machines dwell together in Gilboa Quarry, the deepest body of water inside Ohio. It’s a mecca for divers for its unique blend of aquatic life, including the once endangered paddlefish and a virtual salvage yard of submerged vehicles. Check...
by admin | Oct 9, 2012 | Dive Across America
I’m driving cross country from my home in Los Angeles to Cambridge for a journalism fellowship at Harvard. Since I love diving, I decided I try to dive all the sinkholes, quarries and lakes I could get to along the way. Thought I’d share them with you for...
by admin | Oct 9, 2012 | Dive Across America
When the worlds largest lead mine in Bonne Terre, MO closed down in 1963 after nearly one-hundred years of operation, the miners were understandably pissed. They left their tools and walked out. The company then shut off the pumps that kept the mine dry—and the acres...
