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Swim Report – April 11, 2021 – Early Spring Edition

April 16, 2021 By Steve

Three of us met out at L1 at 6:15am to get in a sunrise swim. We set up camp at the Chess Pavilion as theRead More

Swim Report – March 21, 2021 – Happy Spring!

March 21, 2021 By Steve

One of the most noticeable things about passing the vernal equinox is that the sunrises become much earlier rather abruptly. This continues through May andRead More

Swim Report – March 14, 2021 – 40F+

March 21, 2021 By Steve

Quick report as I’m a bit behind (again). I made it out to L1 to get in one last winter swim, and I was blessedRead More

Swim Report – March 7, 2021 – Hints of Spring

March 7, 2021 By Steve

Three of us met out at L1 for a late winter swim, and we were blessed with abundant sunshine that took the edge off ofRead More

Swim Report – February 28, 2021 – Back in Action

March 7, 2021 By Steve

Now that the ice shield is no longer locking us out of the lake, we were able to get in at L1 for the firstRead More

Swim Report – January 17, 2021 – Mid-Winter Excursion

March 7, 2021 By Steve

Super tardy on these older swim reports, but I do have a somewhat passable excuse. I actually did write these up last week, but theyRead More

Swim Report – January 10, 2021 – Hello 2021!

January 11, 2021 By Steve

The lake temp help steady from last week at 34.4F which was a bit more balmy than the 28F air temp. But the lake wasRead More

Swim Report – December 31, 2020 – Last Swim of 2020

January 11, 2021 By Steve

Given that we didn’t do our usual holiday travelling this year, I decided to take advantage of the rare opportunity to get in a swimRead More

Swim Report – December 20, 2020 – Last Autumn Swim!

January 11, 2021 By Steve

Lake Michigan gave us near perfect conditions for our last swim of the season. The water temperature came in at 37.6F, broke through the floorRead More

Swim Report – December 6, 2020 – At the Cellar Door

December 7, 2020 By Steve

The in-swim water temperature out at L1 came in at an even 40.0F yesterday – right at the border of the “basement” – a.k.a. anythingRead More

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