Dive the Conestoga

6 Divers made the trip to Cardinal on Saturday. We arrived at the Conestoga around 10:30a.m. and there were about 10 cars there all ready. This seems to be a very popular dive site. We entered the water up stream and drifted down to the wreck. Can you believe I almost missed the wreck!!! I was busy watching the fish and had my back to the boat. Lucky for me my buddy was paying attention. This is a great old wreck to challenge your buoyancy on. You can swim down the one side then come over the stern and up the middle to the bow. As you swim up the middle you can swim around the smoke stacks and over the boilers. When you get over the boiler you want to swim to the bottom of the boat out of the current. We followed the bottom of the boat to the bow and read the plaque on the bow. We then went over the bow and let the current take us down the side of the boat closest to shore. As we drifted down this side we used our lights to see the fish hiding under the boat. We then swam over the stern again and to the front of the boat. We exited the boat and turned the dive. The nice part about this dive site is it has a very easy entrance and exit from the water. You get a nice gentle drift dive and great visibility. By the time we exited the water I think there were about 20 cars lined up with divers getting ready to enter the water.