October 23, 2016: River Diving in Niles, MI

October 23: Sunday at High Noon – Dive behind Wonderland at the park.

Looking upstream, you can see the river level is high as the entry pipe is almost covered. Looking downstream belies how fast the current was moving . River sticks were not enough today, so most everyone grabbed a large brick or hunk of metal to carry around. Rob had the most unusual find today with a partial set of teeth and the horn of some animal. The round bottom bottle he dug up was nice, too. Deb’s keepers included a nice sample of button shells. Jim was working on locating Milks, and I found the UFO t-shirt almost in wearable condition. Todays air temp ~65°, water temp 55° to 60°F depending on whose temp gauge you believed. The today’s sunshine really made the bottom visible (~5 feet) except in the heavily shaded areas. A very nice dive for late October.