As a member of the Michigan Underwater Divers club, we always like taking the opportunity to talk about diving the waters of the Great Lakes as well as its inland lakes and rivers.

This was the weekend the Mid-way Baptist Church, in Watervliet, MI, held its annual Sportsman Banquet.  There are displays setup by local businesses that are involved in outdoor activities such as fishing, hunting and camping.

For the past several years they have invited us to have a table where we have displayed samples of current dive equipment including underwater scooters, some time we display dive equipment from the 60’s and 70’s which many attendees can relate to.

This Saturday we did things a little different by just displaying bottles recovered from the local lakes and rivers as well as having a slide show showing all the various items recovered by club members during last year’s “Ecology Dive” held in Niles, Mi. along Riverview Park.

The slide show answered the question that everyone wants to know and that is “What do you find on the bottom of the St. Joseph River.” So today we showed them.