New London, NH (USA)

I'd been hoping to do some open water diving in a lake by this weekend of June but the instructor hasn't been able to get enough students together for such a session.  He suggested I join him and some other folks at the Colby Sawyer Aquatic Facility today so I could so some refresher training.  Since I didn't have anything else planned and it was raining, I headed down to New London this morning (departed my condo at 0820 and arrived at 0850).  This time, there were five new people (first dive) and I was the only student who'd ever geared up for some scuba (three previous pool dives) before.  Our instructors, Marley and Chris, helped us work on our diving skills in the shallow and deep end (between 1000 and 1100).  By the end of the session, I felt ready for diving in Lake Winnipesauke - that, hopefully, should occur later this month.  As I was changing to depart, I ran into my distant relative, Jerry C. - what a small world!  Next (1115), I joined Marley and Amanda (one of the new divers) for lunch at the Little Brother Burger Company.  The food (as usual) was quite good.  After saying goodbye, I drove back to my condo (arrived at 1255), talking to Brenna on the way.  I'd hoped to do more outdoors today but the steady rain drove me back inside.  I spent the rest of the day prepping for my upcoming move - there was one interruption for a real estate agent showing (my landlord continues to try to sell the condo).  Glad to have a relatively relaxing day!