Even though sunrise is closer to 6:00am these days, I kept the meetup time at 5:45am so we could avoid the Air Show crowds andRead More
Category: Lake Monsters
My first official swim back at L1 was a real slap in the face – quite literally at times! With sunrise coming at closer toRead More
Happy August! As promised, below are some of your swim reports and war stories from the last couple of weeks. See you soon! Steve —Read More
The forecast was sketchy for Sunday morning given the intermittent thunderstorms. But they had all but passed come 5:30am. Nevertheless, Lake Michigan had a BIGRead More
If you missed out on any of Friday night’s fireworks shows, you had a chance to catch nature’s version early Saturday morning. And it wasRead More
The days are starting to get shorter, so I bumped up our swim start time to 5:30am. We had a great turnout at such anRead More
About 15 swimmers showed up for our last swim of Spring and first swim of Summer. And with the official solstice taking place at 5:51am,Read More
After a chaotic week where the air temperatures dipped into the low 50F’s, we lucked on out Saturday morning with a nice, sunny day –Read More
According to the Chicago Tribune, 63F is “dangerously cold” water. However, Lake Monsters seem to thrive in these conditions… As we edge closer and closerRead More
I arrived at L1 a bit ahead of the 5:15am swim time, and there were already some people (non-swimmers) out at the south wall ofRead More