Early Bird Special

Time:  Friday, April 14, 7 a.m.

Water:  44.8

Air: 46 according to Garmin, hazy sunshine, cool breath off the Lake
Waves: Very calm
Clarity: Clear
Wetsuit Kru:  Lydia the Tattooed Lady, Lt. MJ, Corryn
Skin Kru:  Linda the Lamprey, Luna Laguna, Dragonfly
Shore Support:  Adam

Next swim:  12 noon Saturday and Sunday.  Friday morning at 7 a.m.  Other times by appointment.

The willows were showcasing their beautiful Spring Green colors and the peaceful scene welcomed us back. I was going to title this blog Opening Day, but almost everyone has already been swimming at least once, and some, like TTL and Luna, continued right through the winter of 2022 and early 2023!

Wetsuit people swam 20+ minutes to varying distances ranging from Birches to Rockwall.  Skin people swam up to 10-12 minutes (ok it was Linda!)

The beach is a lot shallower this year, with the South Rockpile now on a little peninsula with its own mini north and south beaches.  So you can no longer engage in the popular "swim all the way around the rocks" as it would now be a swim/run.

 The water was cold but not as cold as the 38 degrees that some had swum in recently.  The early a.m. air was much cooler than the hot sun of my swims earlier this week, and I experienced my first afterdrop of the season.

"With the gear it really wasn't that bad once your face got used to it," commented MJ.

"It was great!" said TTL, speaking for us all.

The grins in this photo (MJ, Corryn & TTL) speak volumes! Rock pile peninsula visible in background.