Swim Report – July 4, 2009 – Happy Independence Day!

If you woke up after 7:30am, chances are quite good that you will see no sunshine today. As was the case this time last year, it is quite common to have very sunny skies at the crack of dawn only to have the clouds move in shortly thereafter. That’s one of the reasons I take pictures of the sunrises – because many of you sleepyheads just don’t believe me!

The lake had cooled down a bit from last week to a tepid 64F, but the swimming conditions were ideal. Chris, Carol, and I showed up for the sunrise, and Ann arrived later accompanied by new Lake Monster, Mollie. We all swam different routes and distances, and I ventured over to the “dark side” very briefly by swimming past the curve into the Ohio Street Beach swim area. I turned around just past Delaware Place making it a roughly 2-mile swim.

Everybody reconvened back at Ladder #1 after 30-45 minutes, and the whole Ochoa clan was out in force. We celebrated the 4th with some fresh pineapple doused with a bit of Barbancourt Estate Reserve – both of which are excellent post-swim treats.

Here are the pics:

Independence Day sunrise

Lake Monsters Carol (#24), Ann (#29), and Mollie (#30)

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