{"id":1721,"date":"2011-06-19T09:11:19","date_gmt":"2011-06-19T13:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jamesg.net\/?p=1721"},"modified":"2011-07-08T09:38:46","modified_gmt":"2011-07-08T13:38:46","slug":"my-first-time-at-eagles-nest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamesg.net\/?p=1721","title":{"rendered":"My first time at Eagles Nest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We decided to stay local at the Best Western the night before so that Heather and Brian could hit the road quickly, as they had a very long drive ahead of them, and it was nearly 3 hours back to Orlando for me.\u00a0 Up at 7am, we were able to grab snacks for breakfast from Winn-Dixie and then be at the dive site before the heat.\u00a0 The basin visibility wasn&#8217;t great, but once we dropped down the chute things got quite a bit better, visibility was easily 50-75ft!\u00a0 I had heard all the noise, but didn&#8217;t realize how amazing this system really is.\u00a0 Huge white walled rooms and large 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