Beach Hazards

Likely Next Swims: Saturday 12pm, Sunday 10am?, Sunday 12pm

Last Swim: Fri 7am

Water temp: 48?

Air Temp: 50's  with increasing wind

Water Quality: chop out of the south

Clarity: pretty clear

Kru: Lydia the Tattoo'd Lady, Dragonfly, Showgirl 

Shore Support (if you can call it that):  sauna dudes, fox 6 dudes, bobcat dude, and a late-arriving chainsaw dude

The situation.

Okay, well, today's swim fell under the category of, "we got it done."

After a flurry of "running late" texts, things looked promising in the parking lot.

The first obstacle we encountered were the Sauna Dudes hauling an epic amount of gear down to the beach.

The second obstacle was Sand Distribution dude who appeared to be planning to take the entire day to push around a small-ish pile of sand, all while making an atrocious amount of noise.  Backup beeper was an extra bonus.

The third obstacle was a Fox 6 crew (+ big ass vehicle) filming.... who knows what.  They were probably waiting for Sand Dude to stop making noise and that never happened.

We overcome all that.  We suited up, and headed into the small, but annoying chop.  Just making it to picnic table felt like it took forever.  I finally made it to love rock.  TTL, angry that love rock appears to have been moved 100 yards closer to Klode, slogged on to the sewer pipe.  Dragonfly was her usual speedy self.

The return trip was slightly less arduous.

We arrived back at Klode to find the Sand Dude still driving aimlessly and noisily about, Sauna Dude #2 doing a cold plunge IN HIS UNDERWEAR, and Fox 6 still loitering about.

We struggled out of our wet gear.  We struggled into our dry gear.  

As we headed up the ramp, the icing on the cake of annoyance arrived in the form of a dude with a chainsaw.

Accept no substitutes.

It was really quite lovely. 
If you have noise-cancelling headphones.