Swimming Fireworks (or not)

Next Swims:
Thurs and Friday 6AM & 6PM (maybe some bonus swims in there as well)
Bonus Swims:
        Noon Thursday, sponsored by We'Taco
        8AM Friday, sponsored by Drangonfly, Showgirl, We'Taco


Last Swims:
Thursday Noon
Water Temp: 64
Waves: A bit ruffly out of the north
Water Clarity: very good
Crew: We'Taco, Mr. Anonymous, Showgirl

Thursday 6am
Water Temp: 61
Waves: Flat as glass
Water Clarity: excellent
Crew: Laguna Mike, Laura (first of the season), Showgirl

Rarely is it not worth dragging out of bed for a morning swim, and today was no exception.  There was a bit of a gauntlet to run-- I had to move the barricades to the parking lot, and Laura and I held up the orange snow-fence for each other to crawl under in order to head down the ramp.

Today was the first time I remember seeing the firework set-up still on the beach on July 5th. Unfortunately, I had no phone with which to document it, but it was pretty impressive.

Wednesday 07/04 Noon
Water Temp: 66.5
Waves: chop out of the south, and building
Water Clarity: good
Crew: Linda the Lamprey, Taylor (first swim with us ever! Welcome Taylor), Cap'n, Drangonfly, Phoenix, Magic Mike, Allie, Itch, Mitch, Liz, Big Show, Sir James, Icedog, Stephanie (+ Mr. Stephanie??), Kahuna, Showgirl, sorry if I missed anyone
Shore support: Allie's 3 lovely children + bonus child, Squeeze o'Showgirl,Eric's shuttle service

Kahuna's nephew, demonstrating with great style what is expressly forbidden by the WFB popo. The Klode Kru shall not be held liable for any loss of life or limb resulting from the viewing of this photo.

Rising water levels have made the Big Bay beach even smaller than it was before.  Nevertheless, we squeezed in, and got ready to swim.

Last 4th of July several of us swam from Big Bay to Atwater, and many did this year as well, with James and Big Show doing a round trip. Welcome to Taylor, who came all the way from Ireland just to swim with the Klode Kru.

The push from the south phenomenal-- Drangonfly and I swam 20 minutes south, and made the return trip in TEN minutes.  It was kind of ridiculous. The non-Atwater swimmers hung around the beach for a while, toasted to the most spectacular swim of the season, snacked on Drangonfly's strawberries, and then filtered away to our next holiday activity.