tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post2991432027177929243..comments2023-05-24T09:41:52.181-04:00Comments on Running In the Yard Next Door: All WetCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-36436259709112444022011-11-09T10:15:47.143-05:002011-11-09T10:15:47.143-05:00Flutter - Well, just on latitude alone, I salute y...<b>Flutter</b> - Well, just on latitude alone, I salute you. 'Northern Saskatchewan' comes off sounding, even to a 'northerner' like me, kinda. . . well, I mean, Saskatchewan all by itself is pretty 'Northern'; let alone the Northern part of it. . . Ever been to Great Slave? Great Bear?<br /><br />;)<br /><br />And when I was a kid, it always seemed like storms had a similar 'warming effect' on the lake, too. . . I think it just made us hardier. When we go to visit our So-Cal relatives in the 'cold-weather' months, people are breakin' out the parkas when the temps drop below 50F; kinda pathetic, really. . .<br /><br />;)Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-47507412205106913462011-11-08T20:17:29.740-05:002011-11-08T20:17:29.740-05:00I don't know how the cold the Northern Saskatc...I don't know how the cold the Northern Saskatchewan lakes of my childhood are... but I'm thinking it's possible they might be colder than what you're used to. Or maybe not. :) <br /><br />I used to love to go swimming before a storm, when the air temperature dipped lower and made the water feel warmer. Looking back, I'm not sure how wise my parents were letting their children swim before an electrical storm... hahahaha... might have been their plan to "cull the herd" all along!flutterbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17460436620025386593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-24268542324771281932011-11-02T11:30:31.457-04:002011-11-02T11:30:31.457-04:00You and me both, Yvonne. . .
And thanks for stopp...You and me both, <b>Yvonne</b>. . .<br /><br />And thanks for stopping by!<br /><br />The Fitz. . . I remember standing on Whitefish Point, a year or two after she went down, thinking that, somewhere in my field of vision as I stood there, I might've seen her lights disappear, on the fateful night. . .<br /><br />My dad (just recently passed) was also a Spartan; and one of my sons is getting ready to be one. . .Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-10041015733374599222011-11-02T10:34:21.119-04:002011-11-02T10:34:21.119-04:00I'll put our lakes up against anyone's oce...I'll put our lakes up against anyone's ocean. Anytime.<br /><br />I've swum in Michigan, Huron and Superior. As kids we didn't care what the temperature was. We just jumped in. My sister lives in Marquette on the beach and it does sometimes warm enough to actually swim; if the wind is off the water and blowing in surface water. We're going up this weekend for our first ever November visit. Won't be swimming. But I'll be thinking about the Edmund Fitzgerald.<br /><br />And about those Spartans... that's who we root for. My dad went there when it was known for its agriculture school.Yvonne Osbornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212188414972694795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-48757616969069271552011-10-30T12:24:34.718-04:002011-10-30T12:24:34.718-04:00Thanks for stopping in, PM! Cool story. You find...Thanks for stopping in, <b>PM</b>! Cool story. You find traces of home in the oddest places. . .<br /><br />And I'm smiling to myself at the thought of my (mostly American) readers thinking about what a 'pissing rain' might be. . .<br /><br />;)Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-61175204731107988232011-10-30T05:27:21.445-04:002011-10-30T05:27:21.445-04:00This summer I went swimming,
This summer I might h...This summer I went swimming,<br />This summer I might have drowned,<br />But I held my breath<br />And I kicked my feet<br />And I moved my arms around...<br /><br />Lovely set of stories Craig. Along similar lines, I recently visited a small coastal town in Northern Ireland and, walking outside into pissing rain, realised that the Irish Sea has its own distinct smell, and even though I had never been there before, it smelt and felt so like Scotland's West Coast that I was immediately at home.PMhttp://pmasinpaulmichael.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-47795643592927145202011-10-26T17:04:20.305-04:002011-10-26T17:04:20.305-04:00Well of course ..... maybe?
I don't recall. ...Well of course ..... maybe? <br /><br />I don't recall. I know Dove was recommended to us cause, you know, it floats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-46812190890710002772011-10-26T10:28:56.019-04:002011-10-26T10:28:56.019-04:00Our kids are pretty much the same way - swim until...Our kids are pretty much the same way - swim until their lips are blue, and then go back in the water as soon as they can. . .<br /><br />And of course, you used a no-phosphate, biodegradable, eco-friendly soap, right?Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-18825405876804901792011-10-25T19:52:40.714-04:002011-10-25T19:52:40.714-04:00Hey, ya know how long it takes to fully bathe in a...Hey, ya know how long it takes to fully bathe in a lake? More than a few mins my friend. <br /><br />The daughters swim rules was connected to blue lips and they swam right up until that moment several times each day. Talk about toughians!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-40115060049233716792011-10-25T16:28:52.461-04:002011-10-25T16:28:52.461-04:00Yeah, there was a movement some years back to have...Yeah, there was a movement some years back to have Lake Champlain officially designated as the 6th Great Lake, since it drains into the St. Lawrence River. Mostly, it was an attempted money-grab by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt), to get Vermont in on some of the federal bux designated for the Great Lakes.<br /><br />It was indeed laughable; one of the basic definitions of a Great Lake is that you can't see the other side. . .<br /><br />Now, I have nothing against Lake Champlain, and would be happy to add it to my list. I hear that it is very beautiful. But a Great Lake? Uh. . . no.<br /><br />Now that you mention it, tho, I don't think I've ever swum in Lake St. Clair, either, and that, while not a Great Lake either (it's 430 sqmi; really more like a wide, shallow section of the St. Clair/Detroit Rivers), is at least part of the Great Lakes system, located between Lakes Huron and Erie. . .<br /><br />There are any number of worthy bodies of water that I'd be proud to add to my list. But as things sit right now, I just don't see the likelihood that I'll ever get to swim in Lake Baikal. Maybe the Arctic Ocean; kinda the ultimate Polar Bear Club, there. . .Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-78431792790788359682011-10-25T16:04:37.380-04:002011-10-25T16:04:37.380-04:00It just occurs to me that Lake Champlain, NY-VT, m...It just occurs to me that Lake Champlain, NY-VT, might be worth adding. Or it might not. Folks in that area like to sometimes call it "The Sixth Great Lake", but methinks they exaggerate just a tad, as it is about 500 square miles and "your" great lakes all come in around 20,000 as I recall.Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-42606220538840677002011-10-24T22:22:20.392-04:002011-10-24T22:22:20.392-04:00faDKoG - So, the Dead Sea would be OK, then?
And ...<b>faDKoG</b> - So, the Dead Sea would be OK, then?<br /><br />And listen, I hate to be the one to point it out, but. . . kids pee in public pools, you know. . . I mean, that's why all the chlorine, right?<br /><br />Just, you know, sayin'. . .<br /><br />And of course, critters do more in the water than just live, die and excrete; we all know what WC Fields said about piscine copulation. . .Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-89000534014280879092011-10-24T21:54:01.274-04:002011-10-24T21:54:01.274-04:00I don't swim in any body of water where things...I don't swim in any body of water where things live, because if they live there, they die there, and they excrete waste in between, so it's all swimming pools all the time for this girl...but even then, based on how busy our YMCA has been lately, even that's testing me!for a different kind of girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04431273646365489225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-65552879010939704822011-10-24T17:20:44.554-04:002011-10-24T17:20:44.554-04:00Skip - Yeah, I imagine a glacier-fed lake would be...<b>Skip</b> - Yeah, I imagine a glacier-fed lake would be pretty darned cold. It's been 6000 years or so since the glaciers were in Michigan, so you've probably got me there.<br /><br />I've been trying to think of a way to bring Great Bear Lake and Great Slave Lake, in Canada's Northwest Territories, into the story. They're both really big - on a par with the smaller Great Lakes - and REALLY far North; I imagine they're both pretty doggone cold, too. . .Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-4553111971327499802011-10-24T17:04:53.367-04:002011-10-24T17:04:53.367-04:00Craig - I mentioned Granite Lake only because it h...Craig - I mentioned Granite Lake only because it has about the coldest water I've ever experienced... I mean ever. The streams that feed it are all fed by glaciers and it is truly in a Wilderness area.(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-24071639245952240662011-10-24T12:24:46.389-04:002011-10-24T12:24:46.389-04:00Lime - That's a pretty impressive collection o...<b>Lime</b> - That's a pretty impressive collection of bodies of water you've got there. . . You only need Erie and Superior to complete your Great Lakes collection. And, you've got the Caribbean on me. . .<br /><br />And what - you didn't dip your toes in Puget Sound?!? Well. . . I suppose I didn't dip a toe in the Great Salt Lake when I was in Utah, either ('course, I'm told that one doesn't exactly <i>swim</i> in the Great Salt Lake. . .)<br /><br /><b>Skip</b> - Never been to Tahoe, or Granite Lake. But Lake Superior is colder than. . . well, it's really, REALLY cold. . .<br /><br />The more I think on it, the more I think that game is just an all-time classic. I hesitate to put it on a par with the Flutie-Miami game, but in many respects, it reminded me of that game (and not just the ending) - the punch-counterpunch aspects of it, with both teams overcoming 14-point deficits at one point or another, trick plays, terrific performances, the whole deal. One of those games where it's a shame somebody has to lose (but all things considered, I'm glad we won). . .<br /><br /><b>Bijoux</b> - One of those mushrooms-in-yer-armpits years, eh? Funny, but I'm pretty sure we had a somewhat drier-than-normal summer. All the rain must've passed just south of us. . .<br /><br />Seems a shame to have Lake Erie so close at hand, and never take advantage of it, tho. . .<br /><br />You wouldn't even swim in the Gulf off Sarasota?<br /><br /><b>Xavier</b> - All my growing-up years, I was taught that 'Michiganders' was the proper term, but in recent years I'm hearing 'Michiganians' more often. Possibly because 'Michiganders' is said to have its origin in an insult Abraham Lincoln directed toward Lewis Cass; in effect calling him a 'silly goose', with geographic overtones. . . 'Course, it could also be taken as something of an honor to be insulted by Abraham Lincoln. . .<br /><br />And 'a little while' is about what the market will bear, for sub-50 swimming; blue lips and all that. . .<br /><br /><b>Suldog</b> - I've wondered that myself; I know that my birth-father is half-Irish. And, you know, it wouldn't take much of a slip of the pen to turn my birthday into yours (or, you know, vice-versa). . .<br /><br />Alas, I am, technically, not a Yooper. My hometown is Alpena, which is way Up North, but still Lower Peninsula. We and Yoopers understand each other, and 'down-staters' consider us all rubes of a similar order. But real, hard-core Yoopers still call me a Troll. . .<br /><br /><i>(*sigh*)</i>Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-8979244921764541592011-10-24T10:18:20.762-04:002011-10-24T10:18:20.762-04:00You know I love this sort of stuff, and this is no...You know I love this sort of stuff, and this is no exception. Good lengthy reminiscences, some fun digressions, and topped off with a totally unrelated sports story! Hey, wait a minute - are you ME?<br /><br />By the by, you are a yooper, right? That's how I just labeled you on my sidebar, so if it's incorrect, tell me.Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-14204660217546884262011-10-23T21:57:07.836-04:002011-10-23T21:57:07.836-04:00Ahh, you silly Michiganders .... Michigandites? Wh...Ahh, you silly Michiganders .... Michigandites? What the heck do you call yourselves anyhow? <br /><br />We have camped at a little place called Indian Lake in the Adirondacks on 3 occasions ranging between a week and 10 days. The first 2 trips the water temp never quite reached 50 yet we bathed and swam in it daily ... for a little while, anyhow. The third time was a treat at a balmy 55. <br /><br />Come one in, the water's fine!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-29459955738816794262011-10-23T19:52:56.535-04:002011-10-23T19:52:56.535-04:00I thought this was going to be a post about the ri...I thought this was going to be a post about the ridiculous amount of rain we've had in 2011....we've already exceeded our record of annual rainfall and we still have 2 months to go!<br /><br />I'm not much of a water girl, and esp. not a cold water girl. About the only water I'll get in is the Carribean!Bijouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05788630004051883635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-33022766147055170262011-10-23T10:46:43.112-04:002011-10-23T10:46:43.112-04:00I haven't had the pleasure of dipping my toes ...I haven't had the pleasure of dipping my toes in any of the Great Lakes. I would venture that the water temperature in the Pacific at this end of California are shade cooler than San Diego's, but not as cold as Lake Superior. Lake Tahoe may fill that role. If not Tahoe, then Granite Lake, high in the Trinity Alps. I've also had the pleasure of swimming in the Pacific at several spots in Hawaii. Been in the Gulf of Mexico at Sarasota and the Atlantic at Jacksonville. <br />---<br />That was quite a finish to the game. I had just happened to switch over from the World Series to check some scores as the play was happening. That had to be an intervention by my Higher Power. It will rank up there with Flutie's pass against the 'Canes and the Stanford Band play for end of game heroics.Skiphttp://certifiedskip.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-21094059515207087062011-10-23T10:09:50.858-04:002011-10-23T10:09:50.858-04:00ok, i am mentally tallying my swimming experiences...ok, i am mentally tallying my swimming experiences....<br />-atlantic all through my childhood<br />-lakes ontario, huron, michigan on the bike trip (in may)<br />-gulf of mexico on my honeymoon<br />-caribbean when i lived in trinidad<br />-pacific (waded during the bike trip but fully submersed when i went to hawaii 11 yrs ago)<br /><br />now that i think about it i should have at least dipped a toe in the puget sound when i was in seattle.limehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259558876349307173noreply@blogger.com