#diving experience

The fascination never seems to end when you're with the diving side of the Hanna-Barbera pantheon.

It's a fascination which is evident in the fact that every dive is new, different and fascinating.

Never mind the dive locale, whether it's SCUBA or breath hold, the feeling is most wondrous.

And what a feeling could ensue under the right circumstances strategically!

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If it's all the same to you--or maybe not: The diver's van of Sheena the Lioness and Raquel Wrench could be considered a mix of camper van and gear storage. Four-wheel drive, even (after Snagglepuss); the better to reach "off the road" diving spots and campsites beside some North Woods lake, say, affording an especially worthwhile diving opportunity. Even if the look is rather low-key in contrast to, say, Scooby-Doo's Mystery Machine (as Sheena once explained it, "we'd prefer not to attract too much unwelcome attention"), the mattresses are blanket-covered foam and the two share driving responsibilities. Preferred campsites heading over and back: Roadside rest areas or "mom-and-pop" motels, campgrounds and resorts.

Its most recent iteration happens to be propane-powered, for a mix of better air quality and fuel mileage. And while it may be daunting to try and find such gas stations as sell auto fuel propane, at least our gals are doing their bit environmentally.

With the likes of iPads, GoPro cameras and depth gauge watches to help in recording their diving experiences, Sheena and Raquel also make sure to have a decent directory of dive shops in their glove compartment so they can get their tanks filled, gear checked and recaliberated, or even look over the latest in diving fashion. Not to mention get some advice on the choicest diving spots to be had.

Leaving no stone unturned, Sheena and Raquel have published "for private circulation" several collections of diving-related experiences of theirs in both print and visual forms, both sharing narration duties and authorship. Those who have received copies thereof admit that such have a certain narrative charm to them which can get to being whimsical.

TO BE CONTINUED

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