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Swim Report – September 17, 2010 – Sunny and choppy!

September 17, 2010 By Steve

Dave, Carol, and I met out at L1 for a late morning swim today. We were joined by new Lake Monster Mike a short whileRead More

Swim Report – September 14, 2010 – It’s still summer!

September 14, 2010 By Steve

The autumnal equinox does not take place until next week, so it’s still officially summer! I met Dave out at L1 late this morning forRead More

Swim Report – September 4, 2010 – Late October?!?

September 5, 2010 By Steve

Despite autumn-like weather conditions – including 59F water temperatures – we had a great turnout over at L1 at 6:30am. We waited for the sunRead More

Swim Report – August 28, 2010 – Amazing!

August 28, 2010 By Steve

I knew when I got out to L1 that it was going to be an amazing morning. There were a number or professional photographers alreadyRead More

Swim Report – August 21, 2010 – Return of the thermoclines!

August 21, 2010 By Steve

The 80% chance of thunderstorms predicted for this morning turned out to be nothing more than a slight rain that stopped by the time IRead More

Swim Report – August 17, 2010 – Just like the Caribbean…

August 17, 2010 By Steve

I met up with Joe at L1 for a quick swim this morning. The conditions were ideal – 68F water temperature, mirror flat surface, andRead More

Swim Report – August 14, 2010 – Early morning “air show”

August 14, 2010 By Steve

I hit the snooze button one too many times and had to hustle out to L1 to catch the 5:55am sunrise. I’m sure glad IRead More

Swim Report – July 10, 2010 – L1 is Heaven…

July 10, 2010 By Steve

I biked out to L1 and arrived at 5:20am just in time for the sunrise. And let me tell you, it was a quite aRead More

(Belated) Swim Report – July 3, 2010 – Holiday edition

July 5, 2010 By Steve

We had another perfect morning out at L1. The lake temperature came in at a magnificent 70F, and there was quite a crowd of bothRead More

Swim Report – June 27, 2010 – Outwitting the storms

June 27, 2010 By Steve

Believe it or not, the swim area at Ladder 1 was quite calm and sunny at 6:00am! Since I had forgotten my thermometer, I wouldRead More

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