September 17, 2024 | Air Temperature: 16.9 °C (62 °F) | Water Temperature: 19.92 °C (68 °F) | Wind: from S 3.5 m/sec (8 mph)
Today at the lake it was overcast, and the park was almost empty. There were a few people walking on…
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Poopy Mood
Air Temperature: 24.2 °C (76 °F) | Water Temperature: 22.11 °C (72 °F) | Wind: from S 3.5 m/sec (8 mph)
Today at the lake, it was cooling down from a 90-degree day. There were still a lot of people at…
Just Do It
August 25, 2024 | Water Temperature: 69°F
Today at the lake it was sunny and not so hot. Sort of a perfect day. I checked the water…
Little Fish
August 15, 2024 | Air Temperature: 0.6 °C (69 °F) | Water Temperature: 23.86 °C (75 °F) | Wind: from S 5.5 m/sec (12 mph)
Today at the lake it was cool and breezy. The water looked dark at 7PM because there was some cloud…
One Minute at a Time
August 7, 2024 | Air Temperature:23.3 °C (74 °F) | Water Temperature: 24.08 °C (75 °F) | Wind: from S 2.4 m/sec (5 mph)
Today at the lake it was very chill, except for the parking lot. There were three cars parked sort of…
Duck, Duck, Goose
August 6, 2024 | Air Temperature: 19.5 °C (67 °F) | Water Temperature: 23.48 °C (74 °F) | Wind: from S 1.5 m/sec (3 mph)
Today at the lake it was calm. Waiting until after 7pm has been working well; there were not many people…
Pacing Myself
July 21, 2024 | Air Temperature: 22.1 °C (72 °F) | Water Temperature: 24.33 °C (76 °F) | Wind: from S 6.1 m/sec (14 mph)
Today at the lake it was cooler than it’s been in weeks, and the energy at the park was low-key…
Milfoil Primavera
July 16, 2024 | Air Temperature: 25.7 °C (78 °F) | Water Temperature: 25.97 °C (79 °F) | Wind: from S 1.2 m/sec (3 mph)
Today at the lake, there were not so many people there, which as a big relief. The parking lot was…
Get Free
Wind: from S 3.2 m/sec (7 mph); Air Temperature: 19.6 °C (67 °F); Water Temperature: 19.01 °C (66 °F)
June 29 2024, Saturday Today at the lake it was overcast and trying to drizzle. The water was fairly flat…
Beach Freak
Wind: from S 4.2 m/sec (9 mph);Air Temperature: 18.6 °C (65 °F); Water Temperature: 17.48 °C (63 °F)
June 9, 2024 Today at the lake it was overcast, warm but not hot, breezy. As I walked to the…
“Después de la Playa”
Sunday May 12, 2024
Today at the lake, it was sunny and warm, and the water was choppy. There were kids and adults playing,…
Just Keep Trying
Wind:from NW 6.6 m/sec (15 mph); Air Temperature:1.3 °C (52 °F); Water Temperature:10.42 °C (51 °F)
March 29 Friday Today at the lake it was sunny, and I felt hopeful as I approached the beach because…
Get In No Matter What
Wind: from SE 6.1 m/sec (14 mph). Air Temperature: 9.1 °C (48 °F) Water Temperature: 7.55 °C (46 °F)
Feb 16, 2024 Today at the lake it was sunny and blustery. The water was really choppy, but I was…
When Motivation Gets Me To the Lake
Wind: from N 4.4 m/sec (10 mph) | Air Temperature: -4.1 °C (25 °F) | Water Temperature: 8.03 °C (46 °)
Today at the lake it was cold and clear, with snow-covered mountains in the distance. I met R, a young…
Sweden Highlights
Almost all of the best swims of my life happened in Sweden, lake of 100,000 lakes.
Colder
Jan 7, 2024. Temp 40 F. Water temp 47 F.
Today at the lake it was cold. Colder than usual. Still 40 F, but everything felt colder. I went with…
Return to Odensvi
Today ate the lake, the water was chilly and flat.
My host took me to the same lake that her friend took me to last week. It’s a lovely setup,…
Cows, Sheep, Violets
Sat sep 9 6:27pm Skaftekulla badplats
Today at the lake I didn’t want to get out of the water. My host drove me to a remote…
Storsjön in Edsbruk
Weds Sept 6, 7pm
Today at the lake I took a bus 30 minutes away to try a new swimming spot in the tiny…
Swedish Ducks
Saturday, August 26, 2023 Today at the sea, it was windy, so the water was choppy. It rained all day yesterday, and it was still grey today, so I was alone at the beach. There were a few campers over by the diving platform; looked like they were fishing. I was excited to see four READ MORE