Promontory Point, August 18

We were trying to think of where to go Saturday to get a good long swim but miss the Air and Water Show crowds, we were thinking of hitting Ohio Street very early. But Friday after my pool swim a guy in the locker room mentioned that some of the indoor pool swimmers were planning to swim at Promontory Point at 6AM Saturday. I was unable to find out further information but suggested to Jody that we go down anyway as it would give us a good alternative.

Sure enough there were about 10 swimmers there from my winter team, and they had already built a fire in a nearby fire pit to keep warm, air in mid 60's. The plan was to swim to 63rd street beach and back, about 2 miles, which is exactly what we had in mind so we joined them. The water was a warm 72 (others among us might not use the word "warm") with a nice sun and 1 foot swells. I would classify this swim as a 9.5 out of 10, one of the great ones. The only bad part is the tradition of this group is to go up on the beach, crossing a long shallow area, and run around a lifeguard chair before the return swim; that was surprisingly hard on my legs.