Diving in Someone's Backyard to the Comedy Zone

Two days..Five dives in Sunny, freezing cold, Florida this weekend. There is a whole culture unseen by most people existing all around us. Actually there are more than one sub-culture, but the one I am talking about is the Dive Community. There are literally thousands of people every weekend who trek to these sinkholes in the area around Gainesville to go scuba diving. Wanda and I drove down here (12 hours) after working on Saturday and went diving on Sunday in a place called Blue Grotto.
Leave the highway, then the gravel road, then drive some more and we drove up to this house and in their backyard was not an in ground pool but a Springs going to depths in excess of one hundred feet. The most popular dive sights are in people's backyard, although some are State Parks and therefore are much less expensive and much less developed commercially.
Blue Grotto has platforms underwater for training purposes and picnic tables and rest rooms, a dive shop to refill air and purchase supplies. One of the students with us was from Gainesville and had no clue about the diving although he grew up here. The caves in the area are world renowned. The diving was incredible and the businesses built around them fascinating to us. The owner of the property at Blue Grotto said it was his favorite dive sight so he decided to buy it and run it. Dream come true?......Not...Kind of like owning a restaurant. Some things are better in the dream stage than reality.
Back to reality, one of my personal favorite comics is here this weekend. Mike Speanburg comes to Zig's on Friday and Saturday at 8 PM. Reservations are strongly suggested in order to insure you a good seat. He is awesome and will leave your side hurting from the laughter.
We are experimenting with a new pianist this Friday before the show and the Old Dominion Jazz Trio is here again on Saturday prior to the Comedy Zone. Please come out early and enjoy the live music along with your dinner before the show.
Our string of full houses on Saturday continued last weekend as Grandma Lee, who put on a great show filled the place. We expect two full houses this weekend so call early in the week for your tickets.
The Box Office is open from Noon until 6 PM Wednesday thru Saturday to answer all your questions about the Comedy Zone. Say hello to Heather who usually answers the phones.
We try very hard to insure you have an enjoyable time with us, so please let us know any special requests or needs that can make you time with us better. We love feedback that helps us improve, it is a lot less expensive then a consultant.

We hope to see you soon!