Sunday morning swim

Sunday morning 7:15 swim. I hopped in after the Shri Chimnoy racers had cleared the cove. Lovely, warm water. Viz poor inside, a little better between the .25 and the half, where I spotted many bat rays. Water was fairly flat inside the .25, then giant rollers out in open water. I swam a ways with Howard out to the half, then solo on the way back. Many swimmers out this morning.

but wait! there's more: addendum, add on trivia.

1. cami can see! her new super bionic, night vision, x-ray, hi def goggles work! she can see what we really look like in the water-yikes-and the oceanside pier. she also saw the lost buoy that sits sunk off the marine room in 20' of water. really, she did.
2. i gave RUTH! a momento-a leopard shark key chain- for her swim bag so she won't forget us or her leopard shark days in the sun. and surf. and storms. and icy cold. we will always own these days. lucky we are.
3. my swim partners rock.

happy birthday, cary! a mighty c indeed!

birthday hair! you look amazing!

cami and ruth checking out the toys!

cami and ruth heading back after playing frogger with the kayaks.

cami's hot legs and the level of viz today.

my david waiting for me to return, we were out for nearly two hours, working it today!

swim report saturday, it is saturday, right?   bumped into all the players today, janie, hovic, carol and her niece, fred who went off with that group to check out the caves, we all spread some love around and head off seperate ways. passed the mighty c's on our way out, they were coming in looking all happy and radiant the way they do and lftc, cftc, RUTH! decided to tour the buoys today, the a, b, marine room, all the pins. my watch read 69/70 steady and the sun was shining right down on us. no viz really, maybe some clarity around the a/b but we didn't care, we were cruising in big bumpy seas, some hard work, some chat, some stripping off suits, some getting dressed but only because we encountered a fleet of kayaks, we literally popped up out of the 'zone' into kayak nation, it could have been weird.
we swam for nearly two hours today and could have gone on (RUTH for sure) but we had stuff to do. david and ali went to childrens today and swam! they said the water was clean, few seals, many swimmers, this is awesome news! 
such a fantastic swim today, thanks to my intrepid partners and thanks for going barefoot with me! it feels good to work hard with out the magic fins! (i miss them though)
no fins, no pants, no problems! where else can you go around here and find that lifestyle...
lftc-out

swim report and XTERRA news

swim report for tuesday: cftc, lftc and pam! who decided to take it down a notch. it's never me that has to dial down, take it down a notch, go easy, slow down, pace myself. i always have go harder, go faster, kick it up a notch and work for it. darn. but it's okay, i'm a mid range swimmer and i like it. plus, i can use it as an excuse for being too slow to hang with the super studs.
we swam in HOT water, some roller action at times, big ones too but no waves to speak-and i so would speak of them-we all cruised around looking for a good time, i couldn't place the current, it was everywhere all at once but we had so much fun! sunny and warm!   we did see some beat down and beat up tourists, one guy being dragged up out of the water by katy (new guard) and another bleeding from his back on the beach. the guards are busy..
ON A SEPERATE NOTE, for the people in the pants: 

-Xterra (who is sponsoring the sitka sound adventure swim) is moving their suite warehouse and rental facility to Denver this fall. So any Xterra lovers may want to visit the San Diego office before its gone if they need to exchange a suit or try on a new one. They have great deals on used suits when you can actually go see them!

this info is from claudia-who doesn't wear a wetsuit. thanks claudia!

lftc-out

Monday-IN-the-Buff

Misleading? perhaps, but no fins, no neoprene and all fabulousness. LFTC, Pam and CFTC swam in warm calm flat waters with the occasional roller floating us to the top of the world and back. A to the 1/2 to 1/4 back to the A and in. Some visibility of maybe 10 feet in a few spots, around 5 ft in most, 67 in most spots. Kelpy in spots but clean and nice. Good company too!

Wild and Crazy Group on Sunday...

Busy, happy times at the cove!

Water still fairly warm, though it felt lower than 67 today. No viz, but still beautiful...Such a group -- Ruth, CFTC, Wendy and her friend Alexis, Leonard, Carol, Shane and Annamarie made it along with the C's... Toni missed us and Phoenix jumped in behind and of course caught up with her blazing speed swim.  Gorgeous swim out the the 1/4, then A, B, 1/2, back to the A and then in for a nice picnic. Roger dear was there to meet us on the grass and Toni made a lone swim and then found us on the grass (she totally missed that we were waiting up on the grass for everyone to assemble). We kept waiting and looking, but in the summer chaos and crowds we never saw Toni go out to sea... so glad we could meet up for a little picnic following the awesome swimming.  Even Doug and Marta stopped by for the festivities... Phoenix shared her special home brewed marmalade and Toni made a yummy granola (that I need the recipe for). Cami's cookies were devoured and we had lots of chips and guacamole, hummus, fruits and chocolate -- we swim for food?

Amazing art -- thanks to Cami!

They're the cutest!

Here's a couple of pics of the day... and oh, Cami made the most gorgeous birthday card for Toni and I... here's a peak at her artistry! We missed those that couldn't make it, but are always ready to swim next weekend!

Ruth, Bill, Cary, Leonard and Marta
By the time I started taking photos,
nearly everyone but these die-hards were gone!

Check those smiles!

Summertime and the swimmin' is sweet.

kayaks by the dozens

short and sweet compared to fast and far, both rock..

swim report saturday noon, lftc, ethan swam out RIGHT AT NOON! or very close as ethan declares he likes to be on time due to fading motivation. okay, but if i have swim RIGHT AT NOON i'm going to have to demand more distance as the 1/2 mile is just to sissy for me. we had a deal. we missed the mighty c's by 5 minutes, RUTH! was on deck waiting for her pals, diana was cruising in a little after 1 so many people were around but it was hectic, oh so crazy! we set out in pretty warm water, maybe 68 or so, we swam non stop at a good pace to the inside pin buoy and across to the marine room, where david and ali were playing in the surf. we had to play a little frogger due to the kayaks, ethan puts his head down and just goes so i had to be on the look out but the swim was fun, the leopards were out in force today, great big ones and a couple of very large rays or guitar fish. so many people! the marine was jammed with people, we sat for awhile watching kayak after kayak get dumped, the guard on duty right at the foot of the stairs was running and out every 5 minutes. sorry to have missed so many good partners today but it had to be short and sweet today as dave and ali were GETTING WET AND SANDY, IN THE SUN! shudder... i have missed ethan, he's a good partner, he just needs a push from the rest of us to go a little faster & little further.
 i missed you all so much today and i appreciate your faster and further attitudes!
it's common but not really, know what i mean?
be well my friends!
lftc-out