Sunday Sun In and Out at the Shores, NOT the COVE!

There we were -- at the Shores, no Laura, no Cami!  Baby wanna'-be waves, wind whipping up the seas, but we carried on... a good 4-some-pod of Diana, Ruth, Bill and Cary made our way back to the 1/4 mile for a party!  Yes, a party at the quarter mile, but Diana forgot the Limoncello... Cary left the hot chai at the shore... darn.  We met Leonard-with-no-googles, Janie and her friends (well they had gone already). So we partied at the buoy with Janie and Leonard -- such fun and hugs all around. No dolphins today, they were dancing in the waves at Torrey Pines -- Bill and I saw them there on our morning run on the beach.  Water still nippy -- felt like 56 or 57, but NOT 60. That meat thermometer (I know, it's really a SPECIAL scientific instrument disguised as a MEAT thermometer) just didn't cut it... we just know, it's damn cold out there and Bill always zooms when the temp is cold. So he did. So did Ruth and I and Diana, as fast as we could back to the Tower... nice party swim.


We certainly missed all you that weren't able to make it... I hear that our dear Cami is sick -- we send her well wishes!  I miss the Cove too... hopefully the surf will cooperate and next week, we'll be back.

Looking south towards La Jolla Shores

Thinking of our swim and all of you!

My favorite oak tree at Torrey Pines...

~cool-cove-cary-at-the-shores (missing the Cove!)  

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we are all awaiting reports from all you swimmer types! report!

up and coming diva, oh yeah dolphins too but whatever

saturday noon, cftc, dianadarling, the mighty c's, lftc-out from the shores due to surf at the cove, said hello and goodbye to our little ruth who had just emerged from an orphan swim- swam in limited but varying degrees of viz, easy swim to the 1/4, wicked swim against the current going back with diana d & lftc caught in a rip, a netherworldly current in which our arms and legs moved but our bodies stayed put. we had to stop to discuss this of course, duh, while everyone else blazed in. we were rewarded though, much like the tortoise in the fable; the rabbits blazed but the tortoises were rewarded with dolphins! dolphins all around us, so close we almost had blow hole spit land on our heads! kayakers were hooting and hollering, shouting for joy but we were as close as you can get, they were awesome and harbingers of good fortune.
we conducted our science expirement with temps: the chemist therm. (not a meat thermometer as some suggested) showed 60 so it may as well have been, my watch showed 58, the NOAA buoy data showed 57.9 at 1pm. bottom line is that no one knows, so much for science. we may as well use nipple reaction for the swim chicks or shrinkage for the swim dudes. i'm just saying.
okay, the swim and all the dolphins were cool and everything but the hilight was our up and coming diva! cary decided to do a deck or surf change for the very 1st time after bill the cabana boy ran to the car to get her towels, tea and clothing. It took many many minutes with several towels, 3 adults, much adjusting and orders from cary to keep her boobs covered at all times. we were falling down laughing, this was fun and cary was a good sport. good for you diva cary! diana d likened it to a sports car driver: race in and have a team surround you, adjust you, tighten your nuts and bolts, fill the tires, wipe off the window and wala! you're off.

fun fun fun swim, again. thanks to all, i adore you and will always!
lftc-out

bye bye buoys

Wednesday me and Janie tried swimming from the spanking new A to the stick buoys but they took 'em all away as we swam. Watched the boat give the old A a quick joyride through the water before going to wherever it is the buoys go to hibernate. Janie is a stellar personal coastguard escort in through the waves!

cami is trying to kill me

thursday noon, cami, loli, lftc from the shores since the cove was acting up, having hissy fits in between lulls so we drove over to nirvana, flat, smooth and still, clear as could be until further out, we swam to the shiny new a buoy-all the pin buoys are gone for the winter-in about 58 degrees. the swim out was so easy, cake! then we turned around to face the current, oh, that's where it was, sly current. i contend that cami is trying to kill me, i don't know why but she is working me, she claims she's innocent but no way. if i die in her path, you read it here. she's just smoking fast but i love the chase, we swam really hard today since the way was so beautiful. the sun was glorious! hot even!
lftc-out

swimming the pure swim today

tuesday noon, RUTH! cftc, lftc and leonard who was a sweet and swift addition, out from the shores due to some surf , i'm just so over the surf, big, small, strong, weak, all a no go for this swim chick, besides, the swim today was killer! no waves, just walk on in the icy sea, be miserable for a minute or two and blaze out, honestly, the chill causes zings that feel quite nice and then your numb. metallic soft grey sea, same sky, temp bounced around, 57, 59, 58 and again 57 at the shore. not much viz but we didn't need it, the swim was fast and athletic, we all seemed to melt into the groove and before we knew it, we're at the a. leonard and cami lead the swim today, they were on fire, ruth and i chased them pretty hard, if only i had one iota of propulsion left in my body i would have caught them. on the return, dolphins! the blackies, when we reached the beach a whole pod was sort of hanging right outside, we went to play with them but they moved on. we saw an unusual black swath of something, we think maybe baitfish which was the reason the dolphins were loitering. why leave? why leave, indeed.. today was a pure swim for me, we all expressed similar feelings, all high with mood enhancers. it felt good! let's do it again and again and again. thanks to my bitchin' partners (well, we are of that terms generation and some of us were stoners for sure so just roll with it) for luring me out with love and friendship and the insane need to swim.
lftc-out

still high after all this time

sunday noon: the mighty C's, (Bill and Cary) after a 6 mile run no less, CFTC with her long mermaid hair literally waving in the wind, Janie taking it down a notch by swimming with the no wave crowd-i hear she's been dominating the surf Cove side-LFTC and a surprise visit from Doug, he decided to play with the common folk, at least walk in the water with us and then he was gone.. very warm and windy santa ana bringing big surface chop, rock and roll, toss and turn seas with some okay viz, especially at the Shores. None of that mattered to us, we were going to swim, period. We all marched in together and man, was it icy. we cruised out to the a buoy to see the cove action and were surprised by spinner dolphins! two, maybe more, so close, 15/20 feet out, we hooted and hollered with joy and they stayed around for a bit, keeping us company in the water. very good luck, indeed. the water was a total playground today, fun and bouncy and the swim back was a thrill with our dolphins staying in our sights. had it not been so cold, (57 by my watch) we all would have gone further. back on the grass we ate high maintenance cookies and low brow cookies with home made chai tea and warmed up in the sun. after all the food and drink, we parted ways except janie and i stayed to look for sea life and guess what? whales, kids! big spouts directly in front of the cove and more dolphins than we could count. it was almost too much to bear, like an endorphin overdose. i don't even remember my drive home, the swim, the crew, the dolphins and whales spinning round and round in my head, even now i barely know where i am. thanks again for a fantastic unreal day!
lftc-out