Überwinden. Also, what's up with these rocks?

 Next Swims:

        Mon-Fri 6:15 am and 5pm

        Saturday, Sunday 8 am and Noon

Last Swim:  Wednesday 6:15AM
Water Temp: 56.8 
Air Temp: 60
Clarity: clearing near shore, still hazy further out
Waves: flat as glass
Kru: Dragonfly, Showgirl

After the swim.

Neither Dragonfly nor I got the memo to stay home today, so we didn't.

I took the temperature, and it slid down into the 56 range.  Still, the air was warm-ish, and the water was perfectly flat, so there was no reason not to get in.

It's easy to convince yourself to swim as you stand on the beach wrapped in warm fleecy goodness.  It's a bit more of a hurdle after you shed the layers and resolve to swim skin.

Dragonfly is currently recovering from injuries sustained during a recent FIVE MILE RUN, so she turned back somewhere past the sewerpipe.  I swam to north of birches.

There were definitely warmer patches, and the inner rockpile water was much colder.  

Here's a mystery that's been plaguing me all summer:

This collection of rocks has been travelling around the beach all summer, sometimes running in packs, sometimes acting alone.  Sometimes they're on the beach.  Sometimes they're randomly lurking near shore, waiting for unsuspecting swimmers to stub their toes, or worse, trip and face-plant into the water (yes, I did that).  Here they are, demonstrating pack behavior, all huddled up near the metal wall.  Dragonfly thinks the big waves on Monday put them there.  I think.... other forces are at work.  Please share your hypothesis in the comments.