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         The life and times of Mark and Paula Persons

Friday, September 25, 2009:  It was the annual Divefest weekend put on by the Minnesota School of Diving in Brainerd.  Divefest is a gathering of about 80 SCUBA divers at the mine pits near Crosby, MN. 

Leslie Kopstein is from Minneapolis and was a guest at Gilbert Lodge.  You see her here hanging up her diving suit after a long day of diving.

Leslie and Paula are showing off the front and back of their Divefest T shirts. 

Saturday, September 26, 2009:  Divers warmed themselves around a campfire after a full day of diving. 

It was a great time for friends to swap diving stories. 

Katrina was seen doing her famous fire dance after dark. 

Paula "Deep Diver" Persons is in the middle in this underwater photo with her friends.  They looked like the "Three Musketeers" of diving.  

Thanks to Leslie Kopietz for the photo.

Sunday, September 27, 2009: Chris Nelson was there showing off his dogs between dives. 

Quote of the weekend:  "Diving is not an obsession, its far more serious than that!"   Mark