Gadsden web site is: http://www.headsouth.com/diveland/


I believe they re-open for the season on Wed or
Thursday.

David


---Mike <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Greenlee <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
> :> There is a recently-opened quarry in Gadsden,
AL, with a dive shop
> on
> :> site.
> :
> :Is that the place that is (or was) run by John
Valdez? He used to own
> :dive shops in Anniston and Pelham - maybe one in
Birmingham, too. The
> :Pelham shop got blown down by a tornado several
years ago.
>
> Yep this is John's place. I believe that he has
closed his shop in
> Anniston or he had about three years ago. Might
have reopened it by
> now though.
>
>
> :
> :If it's the same one, then I believe it's actually
in Glencoe (just
> :outside of Gadsden). I dove it once about five
years ago - it is deep
> :and cold, but the water is very clear at depth.
There is an easy
> :shore entry where the quarry road goes in.
>
> This is the place.
>
>
> :
> :At the time I dove it, there was no shop or
facilities on site - we
> :just called up John at his shop, and he met us
over there. There
> :wasn't a whole lot to look at - a sunken houseboat
and some training
> :platforms was about it. There is probably more
stuff there now, if it
> :is open as a commercial place.
>
> He finally got a shop set up on site. I think he's
got a web page up
> now too. He has moved the entrance to the quarry
via some steps and a
> nice deck on the water.
>
> Mike
>

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