Next Swims:
Mon-Fri 6AM and 5PM
Saturday/Sunday 8AM and Noon
Last Swim: Saturday at 8 am
Water Temp: 72 per mitch-o-meter
Air Temp: 75
Clarity: pretty awesome most of the way, just short of perfect
Waves: glass
Kru: Patriarch, Mr. Bubble, Brick, MJ, Cindy, Sandy, Handyman Hank, Ala, Magic Mike, Ms. Mooney, Forger, Mrs. Laguna, Linda the Lamprey, Kimberly, Dragonfly, Fred, Moe, Shiny Chris,
Guest Stars: Birthday Chris, Andy (second timer), Ben (second timer), Beth (first time swimming, previous visitor at 6 am swims), Elizabeth, Michelle
Shore Support, in search of his missing shorts: Moondaug
Whose beach? Our beach! I think that was today's motto. 5 or 6 of us walked down at 8:00, but then more and more people kept coming along. It was like an invasion. I thought for sure it would overwhelm the Time and Attendance system, but I think the system hung in there and correctly recorded everyone's presence. If you were there and your name is not shown above, please contact the Help Desk at 555-STFU (7838).
Lots going on this morning in addition to the sizable Kru Krowd. First noted was the boat trailer and ATV parked on the beach. Shortly there after, the red lifeboat landed at the beach. We've seen these guys before - they're from the County, working on water intake infrastructure I believe. They were coming ashore just as the Patriarch, Forger and I came back.
Another noteworthy thing - seems like everyone was motivated to do longer swims than usual today. I made it to the old mudslide, and thought most of the other swimmers would be long gone when I returned, since I'm a slower swimmer. Au contraire - Patriarch, Forger, Kimberly and I were probably the first to return. Here's what the beach looked like when we came ashore - and this doesn't include the Patriarch's stuff on the park bench.
The most common utterance made by swimmers as they returned this morning; "That was perfect!". Which of course has been the most common refrain for some time now. The next most common utterance today - "That was a long swim!". Indeed, seems like many of us were under the influence of someone or something that was pushing us to swim further than usual.
Another noteworthy item this morning - Birthday Chris' Birthday Triathlon. I hadn't met Chris before and she told me that she has previously come to swim at Klode. Her purpose in coming today is to follow through on her tradition of doing a birthday triathlon. Her birthday triathlons are one minute per year of her new age for all three sports. So, today it's 54 minutes ("I'm sure you don't think I look like I'm over 30 😅"). However, today's triathlon was bike, swim, run, since she biked to Klode).
The Final Act...Moondaug arrives just as the longest swimmers were returning - he's dressed in street clothes, definitely not looking like he's about to swim or paddleboard. "I'm looking for my missing Roka Xterra shorts".
That's the queue! Moondaug's Search for the Lost Shorts is reminiscent of the Moody Blue's 1968 album, In Search of the Lost Chord. Moondaug's life's hope is to reach those shorts
In Search of the Lost Chord - Moody Blues, (1968)
Some may get a sound so sweet
Vibrations reach on up to become light
And then through gamma, out of sight
The sounds of color and the light of a sigh
And to hear the sun, what a thing to believe
To know ultra violet, infra-red and X-rays
Beauty to find in so many ways
3 comments:
The lost shorts are of Xterra make.
Funny story, my old grade school swim coach was an old Marine, and in the days of old, swim trunks were not worn. In his earlier years in order to make the point for cleanliness he would start out his introduction by having one of the students sit in a bucket of water, then passing the bucket along to the next student to practice breath control. While not forcing the breath control exercise to be done, I think it did improve hygiene habits. Dont quite know how I got of track, but just meant to say, sometimes a pair of shorts are just a pair of shorts.
Shorts people got no reason...
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