OK, here we go: we're taking the plunge into blogging about our Lake Michigan swim adventures. The water is bitterly cold, the waves are scary. Are we sure we know what we're doing??? EEEK!
Calm down, it will be be OK, just keep your head down and start swimming (I mean blogging).
Today, Tuesday July 23rd, Ted and Linda and Greg swam from Klode beach at 6:30AM. For the first time this year we encountered moderate waves and current. The water was cold, but we were fine in our wetsuits. Unlike previous days, the waves stirred up considerable sand and silt, making visibility poor. We made it to the "rockpile" and back. There was considerable current going south, so it took us 18 minutes out, 15 back.
Tomorrow: Klode beach at 6:00AM
This weekend: conditions permitting we want to try a longer swim. Klode to Big Bay and (optionally back). It's 1.1 mile each way (depending on where exactly you enter and exit the water).
Today's wisdom: for us, the world is divided into three types of people. There are the people who swim in Lake Michigan, like Greg and Ted and Nahi and Linda, and a few others (the locos!). Then there are most of the other seven billion people in the world who think we are totally nuts (the sane!). And then there are all those people who say they want to swim with us, but seldom if ever show up (the weenies!). This blog's for you! :)
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Great work on setting up the blog guys!
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