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[camwyn]

Hrm.

Apparently for that shark diving thing in Rhode Island, scuba certified people can bring their own gear and do cage dives; non-certified people can do snorkel on the surface. Blue sharks, mostly, but some mako and some hammerhead, and of course other species of marine life.

Anybody here interested in trying a shark dive with me? I'm not certified, so I'd either have to get certified or just snorkel.

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[thewickedlady]

Maaaaaaaaybe. I am interested but also budget! Email me stuff!!

[genarti]

What Heather said! Also, I'm not scuba certified; I've snorkeled a few times, though not in a while.

Ditto for the blacksmithing thing, by the way -- I'm definitely interested in that one, but it depends on budget and timing.

[camwyn]

Okay. The shark thing is one of those things I'm only considering because there's a Groupon for it. That one is $375 for a ten-hour experience for two- I'm assuming that includes about two or three hours of traveling away from shore in the boat, as they say the sharks can take up to four hours to find the chum slick. It also has the hazard of leaving the dock in Rhode Island around 6 AM, so either there's some serious early driving involved or an overnight stay, and they're 90 minutes from Boston by car, so.

As for the blacksmithing, the intro class is $65. The intro class only makes an S-shaped hook at the forge, but hey, first class working with glowing hot iron, an S-shaped hook for putting over a door or whatever is pretty awesome.

[thewickedlady]

I would really like to do the shark thing, but it is sadly out of my budget for all the travel I need to do later in the summer. ;_; I would love to, otherwise!

[genarti]

Yeah, I think the shark trip is out of my budget at the moment, then. But I hope you can find somebody to split it with, because that sounds really neat.

I would totally be up for the blacksmithing class, though, if I'm free whenever you want to do it! That sounds great.

[camwyn]

Currently the blacksmithing class is on waitlist status. As soon as either I come off the waitlist or another class session opens up I'll let you know.

[genarti]

Excellent. :)