Last Swim: Allegedly Fri, May 15, 4-6pm
Water Temp: Allegedly 51 per itch-0-meter
Air Temp: 66, sunny and calm on first arrival.
Waves: perfectly calm and flat
Clarity: 3/10
Alleged Kru: Person1, Person2, Person3, Person4, Person5
Unmasked: Person1=Magic Mike, Person2=Eric NNY, Person3=Diablo, Person4=Itch,Person5=Mr. Bubble
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| Random couple hanging out before the fog rolls in. |
Person5 gets down to the beach and notices a couple of backpacks, one with a familiar looking hat. Could it be? Sure enough, by the time Person5 gets his suit on, there was Person1 gliding through the water. Person1 confirms that those backpacks belong to Persons2-4 and that they're out swimming just beyond the rocks. Person5 immediately calls out to Person1 "Person4 is here? What does the Itch-o-Meter say?" Person2 is coming ashore, and Person1 points out that Person3-4 are swimming slower than their usual warp speed because they're bringing something in. Something that kinda looks like an inflatable lifesize doll?
Person5 makes it out to Person3 and sees that he does indeed have something inflatable - buncha birthday balloons or somethin'. Persons3-4 head in and Person5 heads out to the birches. Person4 is kind enough to leave a shot of Pitsch for Person5. Person5 makes it back to find Person2 waiting for him, to let know Person4 has left behind the shot of Pitsch. Skol! Person5 makes the shot of Pitsch disappear.
Person2 departs and shortly thereafter, the weather flips - fog rolls in, wind kicks up to 20 mp, air temp drops to low 50s. Person5 decides the wiser course is to walk uphill in his wetsuit, instead of trying to get changed at the beach. Amazing how quickly the beach and park cleared out when the weather flipped so suddenly.
All details above aside, Person1 - Person5 are scofflaws.
Going to the beach is legal now, but not swimming!
Person1 - Person5 are compulsively in pursuit of illegal smiles
They don't cost very much, and they'll last a long while
and won't you please tell the man, we didn't kill anyone.
No we're just tryin' to have us some fun.
RIP John Prine
5 comments:
Really solid investigative reporting.
Pretty quiet on the blog re this weekend.
The first rule of swim club is...
So whats up with the Village people and their rules, can we dive to the bottom or swim in the drink?
My understanding from listening to the head of the Northshore Health Department (Dr. Ann Christiansen) this last Monday is that as of yesterday, all the Northshore has in place relating to Covid-19 are "guidelines." The guidelines still prohibit swimming on public beaches, but they do not prohibit going to a public beach (providing one is there to walk, dog-walk, run or bike, and not there to swim or engage in team sports). If one is acting contrary to the guidelines, one may be acting as an Covidiot, but a police officer is not going to arrest you or issue a citation to you. Surfers who have talked to Dr. Christiansen and the Shorewood Police Department have told me that the police in Shorewood have no interest in prosecuting/hasseling surfers or open water swimmers. They are more concerned about kids, and the possibility of kids in clumps in shallow water contracting or transmitting the virus to each other or adults. I understand that the plan is still to have lifeguards at Atwater this summer, but I don't know when that is going to occur.
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