I celebrated my last night at the lake with a beautiful sunset swim at the sandbar. I haven’t gone for a night swim all summer nor have I made a trip to the sand bar. The sand bar is a shallow, sandy-bottomed part of the lake where, on a hot day, sometimes you can find… Read More Sunset at the Sandbar (Day 217)
A highlight of each summer at the lake is the Lawrence Irany Great Relay Race. Now in its 36th year, the race starts off with a 6.5-kilometer bike ride along the windy, gravelly ups and downs of the lake roads. The biker then hands the baton (sweatband) over to a runner for a 4.5-kilometer trek… Read More The Great Relay Race (Day 211)
Eliza arrived at the lake today! She’s been home in Berkeley working all summer and the world feels like a better place now that all four of us are back together under one roof, at least for a little while. Eliza joined me for the first part of my swim and I got to vicariously… Read More Eliza Reunion! (Day 207)
It’s possible that this Sunday felt even lazier than the last. I was lolling around, reading, doing a bit of laundry, not even mustering up the energy to wonder where I was going to swim when Hazel and Sam announced they were going for a swim. “I’ll come with you!” I said. They kindly agreed… Read More The Neighborhood (Day 205)
Last night Kevin, Eliza, Hazel, and I drove up to wine country to go camp out at the Six Sigma winery which was hosting the NorCal mountain bike semifinals. It’s an incredibly generous thing this winery does each year: hosting eight hundred scrappy teenagers on bikes (and their families) for a weekend of camping, riding,… Read More Just Making It (Day 121)
I celebrated Saint Patrick’s day this morning with a wild swim with my favorite wild, Irish swimmers, Sheila and Angie. I can’t get over how radically the bay changes from one day to the next. Yesterday was as calm as it gets; all soft rippling water in bright colors, sunlight pouring down, the gentlest tickle… Read More Happy Saint Patrick’s Day (Day 76)
Today started early. It was the first of a two-day swimming getaway with Angie, Arwen, and Sheila and we headed for Palomarin trailhead on the Coast Trail where the plan was to hike a few miles to Bass Lake, swim, and hike back. The lake is along the same trail as the extremely popular Alamere… Read More Bass Lake and Tomales Bay (Day 71)
It was foggy at the bulb this morning. I love the fog. I think I’ve already sung its praises on this blog, so I won’t repeat myself except to say that I was extra happy about my swim when I stepped out into the muffled stillness of the foggy morning. Angie and Charlotte were my… Read More Play (Day 61)