Friday Red Tide-day

Well red tide is the order of the week.  Today it was washing all the way into the cove, in the breaking waves, around the point toward Children's Pool.  I swam solo to the .25 and back to get used to it.  Sunday's race will be no place for the uncommitted.  I talked to a guy who came from Las Vegas to do the race.  He was obviously tripped out by the conditions.  This was his first time in the ocean since he was 4 yrs old.  I tried to coax him in, but he's too uncommitted.  Can't say that I blame him.  Tom Heck swam at 6 a.m. and reported that the efflorescence created by his hand in the red tide attracted small fish to the surface.  He kept getting pelted in the face by the little buggers!