Boy do I ever have the interview for you today… Have you met Glen Faith? Do you even know who that is? Well, if you’ve been to Mermet Springs, surely more than once you’ve seen him as he is the mastermind evil genius… I mean the owner of Mermet Springs in Metropolis, Illinois. Last September …
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Have you ever tried to pack for a trip? You know the excruciating pain of trying not to forget anything… underwear… check. Toothbrush… check. night clothes… check. And the list goes on. But when you are going on a dive trip, there is additional stuff you need to make sure you pack… like your dive …
Safari Hunt Day, Safari Hunt Day! Say it like the British are coming… maybe it works, maybe it doesn’t, but either way, this past Saturday was Safari Hunt Day! This is a fun event that we look forward to every year. It happens in June and it is a fundraiser event for the Newton County …
Who is ready for this year’s Safari Hunt, Raise your Hand! Okay put your hand down, if you’re reading this around people, they probably think your nuts… You’re welcome. So this year we thought it would be fun to do animal introductions so you could see in advance who you’re looking for. They are now …
Be warned, this is a picture heavy post. We’re going to recap Memorial Weekend in one post. So grab a beverage of your choice, a nice sitting place, and let’s get started! For some of our group, Memorial Weekend started Thursday night while for others it started Friday night. As Grady has pointed out, we …
If there’s one thing I’ve mentioned before, it is that we like food. If there’s food, they will come, I’m sure you’ve heard that many times. Well one of our favorite organizations, Newton County Rescue & Recovery had a Pancake Fundraiser over the weekend to raise money for some new equipment.
Somedays it is fun to play with the titles, today was one of those days. Why on earth would I entitle it Extremely Famous (or Extreme-ly)? Well Extreme Sports Scuba has been represented multiple times through Dive Training Magazine. Our dive shop, here in the middle of the US has been representing the Dive Experience …
The high on January 1st in Garfield, Arkansas was 41˚F. Garfield is just about 5 miles down the road from where we dive at Indian Creek campsite, so why on earth would someone want to dive on New Years Day? Because you can! Because you want to start the New Year out right. Because you’re …
Today marks the 200th blog post since this blog came about! 200 posts! Can you imagine? When we hit 100 posts I shared 100 facts about Scuba Diving. Don’t worry, we’re not doing that for the 200th blog post. Whew could you imagine. haha. Instead, since today marks the first day of 2016, let’s review …
The 3rd Annual Newton County Firefighters Christmas for Kids Chili Cookoff is in the record books. And boy did we set some new records. Stick with me on this journey to find out how. Every year new additions to the Chili Cookoff make it better than the year before. It’s just a learning curve from …
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