While I was still fighting off the cursed evil twins of jet lag and hay fever, a small crew of intrepid swimmers braved the turbulentRead More
Category: Lake Monsters
Whenever you make a jaunt out to L1 during the warmer months, chances are quite good that you’ll see one or more of these loyalRead More
Once again, we had a perfect morning out at L1 and beat the storms that came later in the day! Although the days are gettingRead More
Hailing all the way from the City of Light, here’s Daphne, Lake Monster #139, at the world famous “Échelle 1.” Congrats Daphne!
We’re on the eve of the Chicago Triathlon, so I didn’t expect to see some of our regulars out this morning. Nevertheless, we had aRead More
Right now the thunderstorms have moved in, placing a literal and figurative damper on the Chicago Air and Water Show. And, of course, swimming inRead More
The forecast called for the possibility of t-storms this morning, but we lucked out – they didn’t arrive until five hours later! So a wholeRead More
The Swim Across America event was cancelled due to e. coli levels at Ohio Street Beech, so we moved the party over to L1 –Read More
I was out of town this beautiful Saturday morning, so Danny took charge and documented a number of new Lake Monsters – Mike(119), Noah (120),Read More
I met up with new Lake Monster Brian out at L1 at 6:00am this morning, and the conditions were pretty choppy! We had a steadyRead More