It was a gorgeous morning; the lake was calm and glistening in the sun; warm and still. I went to the long-distance swim activity for the first time in a few weeks and was so glad that I did. Marco, Paige, Natalie and I swam out to the island and back with Hazel and Tannis… Read More Beautiful Morning (Day 208)
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)
Regardless of where I’m swimming (okay, maybe not the pool), I always spend at least a little time worrying about something. Am I getting too much sun? Is this water polluted and did I just drink a gallon of it? What creatures are lurking under me? Will there be waves? Are these currents getting stronger?… Read More Things I Worry About While Swimming (Day 206)
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)
This morning, I had a fantastic swim around Hope Island with Marco. It’s a swim Marco does from his house every year, usually toward the end of the summer after he’s built up to it. This year I said I’d like to join him when he went and this morning we did it. His lovely… Read More Swimming around Hope Island (Day 204)
Kevin and I played pickleball in the morning and then went to yoga: a busy day by Lac Louisa standards. I was on the couch reading my book, wondering how I was going to muster up the energy to swim when Isabel came over and said Karen was looking for a visit (she’s at home… Read More Visiting with Friends (Day 203)
Another day of Adult Swim. I spend most of my time these days swimming front crawl and so I decided to take advantage of the Adult Swim drills to work on my other strokes. When there was an option to choose our strokes, I tried to choose something besides front crawl. I don’t feel especially… Read More Practicing my Strokes (Day 202)
Every summer, Lac Louisa kids compete in swim meets against neighboring lakes in a day of fun and excitement, nervousness, cheering, sunshine, and swimming. Today was one of those: the annual Bi-lake meet where Lac Louisa faces up against Lac Marois. It was the first meet since summer 2019 (because, Covid). The last time we… Read More Lac Marois (Day 201)
It’s my 200th swim. I wish I was doing something special to mark the occasion, but it kind of snuck up on me and today is Adult Swim, so that is what I’m doing. For my 100th swim, I had Covid and swam alone in the San Francisco Bay at dawn, so this beats that… Read More Two Hundred Days of Swimming
I spent all morning thinking I should go for a swim before it starts thunder storming, but I waited and waited until the clouds were at their most gray and forbidding. By the time I changed into my bathing suit and slipped into the water, the storm was heavy in the air, imminent. I stayed… Read More Calm before the Storm (Day 199)
Jenny Swimming 