Throwing $$ Money $$ into the Ocean

No.  I did not buy a boat.  But, if you ask my wife, my scuba diving adventures and expenses can sometimes resemble the throwing of "hard earned" money into whatever body of water I happen to be in.  Today it was again White Star Quarry in Gibsonburg, Ohio.

It has been a number of years since I have had the opportunity to dive with my friend Marshall Karp, but I was happy to be able to get together today with him.  While the visibility was less than White Star-like due, no doubt, to the storms in that area over the past days, we still managed two dives from the northern step off area.  We visited the traditional spots, including the cement block house, crusher pit, sail boat, buoyancy course (PVC tubing), platforms, police cruiser, and more.  But what really got my attention more than the 15ffw visibility and 56ºF water below the thermocline (thank you DUI drysuit) was that I had the privilege share in Marshall's 100th dive...and this quarry-bottom object that caught my eye:

Maybe my wife is right??