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Weekend of diving in Picton, Ontario

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Not even a week after returning from Malta I find myself on yet another dive trip to Canada. This weekend the destination is Picton, Ontario. It’s about an hour past Kingston, Ontario which is about an hour away from Alexandria Bay, New York on the St Lawrence River. I actually stopped in Kingston, Ontario on the way for dinner to visit some Canadian friends at the Kingston Brewing Company. Some of the same Canadian friends I was just diving with last week in Malta. They can’t seem to get rid…

Trip Report: Vickery and Jodrey dives (St Lawrence River)

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I actually wrote a huge post but my entire draft did not save so I guess I’m fucking writing this entire post all over again. It’s honestly been a real struggle to want to jump back into sub-40 degree water after diving in Mexico. A few weeks ago during my first foray back into New England diving I went up to West Rutland where I was greeted with 39 degrees (4c), less than 4-5ft of visibility, a leaky drysuit boot and ripped dry glove. Welcome to New England diving.. 🙁…

Trip Report: Roy A. Jodrey on Dec 11-12

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I decided to get one last trip on the wreck of the Roy A. Jodrey before the end of the season. “End of the season” is of course a bit of a misnomer. There is still plenty of diving to be done in the St Lawrence river in the winter but most charter boats are out of the water by mid-December and the ice starts to become an issue by February. If you get really desperate you can shore dive at the Islander or Bonnie Castle but you may have…