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Swim Report – May 31, 2010 – Pre-storm Memorial Day outing

May 31, 2010 By Steve

The forecast called for early morning thunderstorms, but the thunderheads must have been distracted for a while because we had ideal swim conditions until aboutRead More

Swim Report – May 29, 2010 – Many new faces on yet another perfect morning

May 29, 2010 By Steve

We had a great turnout this morning. Among the returning Lake Monsters were Amanda H., Carla, Nick, Jonathan, Chris, Amber, and Amanda E. The officialRead More

Swim Report – May 23, 2010 – Early summer!

May 23, 2010 By Steve

This was our first real hot weather day out at the swim site. The air temp came in at 69F at 7:30am with plenty ofRead More

Swim Report – May 22, 2010 – The Fog Monsters

May 22, 2010 By Steve

Who says you need to go to SF Bay for a cold and foggy swim? Here we are at L1 right after a low visibilityRead More

Swim Report – May 20, 2010 – The sun was out there; where were you?

May 20, 2010 By Steve

I decided rather late last night to do an early morning swim today. So I put up a spontaneous post on the super-awesome OWC FacebookRead More

Swim Report – May 16, 2010 – Choppy conditions out at the ole’ swimming hole

May 16, 2010 By Steve

We sure had our work cut out for us today! The lake temp came in at a cool 52F, but the chops were a bitRead More

Swim Report – May 15, 2010 – Lake Monster reunion!

May 15, 2010 By Steve

I biked on out to L1 and immediately ran into Fred, another Lake Monster who last joined us back in October. He’s in town fromRead More

Swim Report – May 5, 2010 – Calm waters and a new Lake Monster!

May 6, 2010 By Steve

The water temperature came in at a crisp 55F out at Ladder 1, but we still managed to get in a quick dip before theRead More

Swim Report – April 24, 2010 – Another new Lake Monster takes on turbulent Lake Michigan!

April 24, 2010 By Steve

Taking advantage of a mid-spring “heat wave,” I biked out to Ladder #1 to get in a weekend swim before the air temperature dropped belowRead More

Swim Report – April 17, 2010 – New Lake Monsters brave chaotic lake!

April 17, 2010 By Steve

Lake Michigan can best be described as “mercurial” this time of year… I biked out to Ladder #1 and arrived just after 7:00am. It wasRead More

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