Rite of passages

[jhetley]

Watched a bunch of people go for a swim in ice-cold water this morning (see previous posts about the departure of snow from our yard and ice from the ponds at the nature center, all occurring this week...), under camouflage of a canoe race.  Zip* negotiated Six Mile Falls with his usual style, standing up in the canoe, flower in his lapel and hat in place, but numerous others failed that test.

Did not see Neighbor's yellow kayak on the water, even though it vanished from his yard suspiciously-early this morning.

*We keep track of Zip because Wife works with his sister, besides his local icon status.

Comments

[otterdance.livejournal.com]

I was at a party last weekend. We were standing out in the back yard, looking at their pool. It had been in the high 70s, low 80's and was still quite warm. I asked if they'd used the pool yet and they looked at me like I was crazy. "That water is about 68 degrees!"

Uh, yeah?

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Yeah...

Photo in the BDN from a canoe race two weeks back, Fred Ludwig had ice on his kayak helmet. Like in, frozen splash, you know?