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Why I Disappear In Spring

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As many know, I get busy and fall off the radar around this time every year.  For five years now I’ve been doing seasonal SCUBA diving work.  As interesting as that might sound, it’s anything but glamorous — chiefly, I pull weeds out of marinas and swim areas.  It’s strenuous, exhausting, dirty work, and I’ve enjoyed every minute.  I thought I might show a little of that — here are some pictures from the most recent job I was on pulling weeds and garbage at a swim area …

Empty tank — time to get a new one … and a sandwich!
Time to pop back in…
This looks so Baywatch — right?!
This was at the end of the day — my boss asked me to do surface work, which involves swimming around and catching picked weeds floating around that didn’t get collected in our bags while under water.
Get your mask in the right spot and don’t get water on the inside … it’s quite preferable!
I usually work in the water for 4-6 hours — moving efficiently is key — even when swimming without gear.
No matter how efficient one works, at the end of the day it can be difficult to get up and out of the water.

So why do I disappear in spring?  Frequently, this work takes me away from the Whidbey Island Baking Company headquarters.  The jobs are in the spring, so I have to go  do the work when I can get it.  Between jobs I’m busy staying on top of everything else.  This keeps me a bit too involved for my Recipes Of The Month and working on my books … but it’s good to get away from time to time, right?