The summer was fresh and laid out before me, but alas, on July 5th I went to the rockclimbing gym and got in maybe 4 bouldering routes to warm up and ended up rolling my ankle on a bad landing. I was off my foot for the most part of that month, and lost 75% of my ankle strength and flexibility for the rest of the summer.

Off work, all that spare time and I was unable to dive!

I ended up missing out on the annual Deeperblue gathering at Telegraph Cove, as well as any other recreational diving to be had with friends and acquaintances!

On Monday evening, Patti, Manfred and myself hopped into the local waters of Bedwell Bay hoping for some clear waters and eel grass beds full of aquatic life. Well the water had not cleared up very much unfortunately and the eel grass that we could find was so deteriorated even the crabs had moved out.

Today I dove the Strathcona dive site just South of Deep Cove with Sean and Geoff. This was my first time diving at this particular location. The weather was subdued and it really did feel like the last day of summer vacation.

This is my very first blog entry on the new Vanapneist website. As I was developing the concept for the new website I thought it would be nice for club members to have their own blog if they want one.