A clean house

Beach: Klode
Water temp: 61
Waves: slightly rippled sheet of glass
Water Clarity: Good
Crew: Gabriel, Capt'n
Next Swim: Monday 4:30PM Klode

It's been a busy week for the Lady of the Lake. The big waves earlier in the week robbed the water of its clarity and left behind a shoreline that was littered with rocks and seaweeds. In sharp contrast the Southeast Klode beach is now completely clear of all traces of seaweeds and water has once again become crystal clear.

Interesting also is that the reef of little rocks that greeted you the first 5-10 feet as you walked the plank into the water have now all been pushed out of the water into a neat pile near the north edge of the beach. Only a few rocks now remain along the waters edge and a clear rockless path can now be traversed from the sandy beach into the water. (...my toes have never been happier!) A distinct sand cliff is also apparent about a 1/4 of the way up the beach...a reminder of how powerful the waves were and how far they advanced up the beach.

Our adventure today was very similar to yesterday. A trip up to the rock wall and back. Unlike yesterday's momentary glimpse of the sun the partly cloudy skies allowed the sun to illuminate the fall foliage along the shoreline for more than half of our swim.

Our plan is to return to Klode at 4:30PM Monday to log swim day number 91. The forecasted high temp of 61 looks a lot more appealing the the overnight low of 43. :)