As improbable as it is that we're still able to swim from Klode this late in the season even more amazing is that swimming without a wetsuit is even a consideration.
The warmer / clearer water experienced Monday morning beyond the second sand bar had found its way to shore Monday evening. With the crystal clear water rolling onto shore and a water temp around 65 who could say 'no' to jumping in for a quick swim without being inundated with having to put on a wetsuit. Certainly not me. :)
The water conditions Monday evening turned out to be quite hospitable...as long as you kept moving. Monday's night cap swim adventure lasted for a little more than 20 minutes and included a trip up to the garage from north beach and then a round trip tour of Klode between the north and south beaches.
The air was crisp (48) and the sand cold but Tuesday morning presented Nahi, The Patriarch and I with the same question faced on Monday morning. Log a short swim without a wetsuit...or put on the wetsuits and swim long? With the glowing sun just about to peak over the horizon and a slightly rippled glass like lake surface we couldn't resist the temptation to go long again. So we pulled on the wetsuits and journeyed once again up to 3 piers....this time, the northern most pier of 3 piers. In the end the adventure lasted nearly an hour and covered approximately 1.8 miles.
Pressed for time, we resisted the temptation to jump back in the lake to log a swim without our wetsuits. Both The Patriarch and I plan to return this evening to log this swim. 5:30 at Klode is the plan. Anyone care to join us?
Tomorrow morning Nahi, The Patriarch and I will also be at it again at 6:30am. It'll be a landmark swim...October 1st...need I say more?
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Jessica and I completed a 20 minute no wet suit swim 4:00 at Klode. Still patches of warm water to the south.
James
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