This was a crazy weekend, with planning taking place over a few months. The weekend actually started on Thursday, with a 2 tank boat dive on Bandito Charters. I dove with John from Manta fins and Glenn and John from Hono Divers from the Big Island of Hawaii. 2 awesome dives and the wolf eels didn't disappoint me this day. I had wolfeels eating out of my hands and playing with me. It was very cool. It also gave me an opportunity to meet Sarah from NW Dive News. The day ended with dinner at the Ram with Jeff and Shawn from Cramer Decker and the team from NWDN.
Friday started off with a bang. Tom went and picked up Dane from the airport. He flew in for the weekend to help us. We had a lot of our divers, diving at Treasure Hunt too that morning. Dane and I went and sat through a seminar for IST, and then set up our booth. Tom and I had dinner with Rick and Kathy from NWDN.
Saturday was very, very busy. Lots of people stopping by the booth and divers in the pool. Scott and Mark worked the pool and Kandi, Nikoal, Brandon and Jason helped on on the floor. Dan worked the Seasoft booth and Dane, Ellyn and I worked the booth. Alison also stopped in and helped for a while. Dane worked the store in the afternoon and Tom ran errands. We attended the film festival that evening, which was okay, but we were disappointed that they didn't show local photos.
On Sunday, Robbie came and worked the booth with me. Alyssa helped out, along with the rest of the team. I also had both Dan and Dane in the booth too, so it gave me a chance to wander the floor a bit, and talk to vendors. Ellyn won a dive trip to Hawaii. Josh Arnett came in 2nd place with his photos he entered in the photo contest. Sunday was a bit quieter, but we still connected with a lot of divers.
Overall, it was a great weekend and it was nice having Dane home, even for a couple of days. It was a lot of fun seeing everyone and talking to so many divers. Looking forward to next year already.
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