Keeping Our Streak Alive!

Yesterday morning we feared that the swim season might be over. The water at Klode was literally ice cold, we did not attempt to swim, even with wetsuits.

But not willing to give up without a fight, we planned to try again in the afternoon. Figuring that the water might be warmer behind the breakwall we ventured to Pirates Cove (a.k.a. Bay View beach). The water was a lot warmer there, comfortable without a wetsuit, however it was so choked with weeds that we only did a short swim, 20 minutes or so.

But the Cap'n still wasn't willing to give up, so he stopped at Klode on the way home where he ran into James. Remarkably enough the water had warmed considerably since the morning and he and James managed a non-wetsuit swim.

This morning it was still warm enough to swim at Klode, but we spent considerable time debating whether or not to swim with wetsuits. We did some of both. Cap'n, Nahi, and me swam to the rockpile with our wetsuits on, then we returned to the beach, took them off and swam to the garage and back. It was a gorgeous day to swim, the water as clear as glass, gentle rollers, a beautiful sunrise over the lake.

So our streak is still alive! Aside from ironman weekend, one or the other of us has swum every day since June 24th, many days more than once. And since July 28th at least one of those daily swims was without a wetsuit. I don't know the exact count, but both Cap'n and me are well over 100 swims each this season. This far exceeds any previous year.

Hopefully we're not done yet! We hope to go to October 1st, five more days.

Next swims:
Tonight (Friday) 4:30PM Klode
Tomorrow (Saturday) Noon Klode

Last chance! We are certainly down to our last few days. Every swim could be our last of the season.