"John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.komm> wrote in message news:<3FD366EC.8030407@yahoo.komm>...
> another fool wrote:
> > "John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.komm> wrote in message news:<3FD12FE7.9030209@yahoo.komm>...
> > Anyone know anything about Miyagasi?  Looks like there are a whole
> > bunch of old roads that head back into the mountains that deadend into
> > the resovoir - I would be willing to bet if someone wanted to hike
> > back far enough there would be someones former habitat.  If I ever get
> > the wife and kids off to her mom's again for more then a few days I
> > might take a few days off work and go explorin...
> 
> Near where I grew up are many lakes built by TVA. I've always wanted to 
> go scuba diving in the lakes; the lakes covered some small 
> towns/villages, and while most of the buildings are gone by now, 
> supposedly you can still follow the roads around. It'd be pretty cool if 
> Miyagasi is the same. Of course, like TVA there's probably one big 
> danger in diving there: a few years ago some divers in a TVA lake found 
> these large barrels full of toxic chemicals....
> 
> John W.

I think there is a lake in Pensylvania that is like that.  If memory
serves they bought the whole town and left it intact for scuba divers.
 Seem to recall a friend got her certification on the lake with her
dad.

Freshwater scuba has really never interested me much outside of
relic/fossil hunting.  I like salt water.  Fresh water is what I used
when salt water was too far away.  Really looking foward to a trip to
either Hawaii or Guam sometime next year so the wife can keep her
"didn`t leave the country for more then 1 year" thing going.

Wish she`d have gone ahead and made it "legal" and done the
citizenship thing while we were there - but she is dead set against
it.  Seems to think it would make her a traitor to Japan or something.