I'm starting this thread as a way for people to check if there is going to be an open water swim at second beach in Middletown RI, any given day. We do these swims from June 15 to November 15, usually on Tues and Thurs. We also sometimes do an early morning swim on the weekend, from 1st beach to 2nd beach, around Easton's Point, about 1.9 miles. Starting in June I'll be posting the plans and the reports. I usually send out emails, but this won't require an email list, and anyone who is interested will be able to check. Who knows, maybe others who swim at 2nd beach and have access will chime in and organize their own swim dates using the forum!
Aloha
Mike.
I came for the first Wednesday swim today. Can you believe
it? A few showers, and nobody shows.... The weather broke as
I arrived. It looked SO inviting, light breeze, small swell,
great visibility.... The "beach" was "closed", but the ocean
was inviting. I'm not there to sunbathe anyway, am I?
Where's everybody else's optimism? I tried to cajole a
complete stranger (Steve, who was hanging on the beach with
some friends) into joining me for a swim, but he told me he
would slow me down too much. Letting me down gently, I
suppose... Yet... who really let me down I ask myself.
Either I'm nuts, dedicated, or as Norm puts it TOO
OPTIMISTIC ALL THE TIME.
Friday is the day before "save the bay," and I will be there. again. Last chance to practice in the open water.
My plan is to groove my stroke and to work on sighting and
straightening. I will use it as a warm-up for "da Bay."
I came for the first Wednesday swim today. Can you believe
it? A few showers, and nobody shows.... The weather broke as
I arrived. It looked SO inviting, light breeze, small swell,
great visibility.... The "beach" was "closed", but the ocean
was inviting. I'm not there to sunbathe anyway, am I?
Where's everybody else's optimism? I tried to cajole a
complete stranger (Steve, who was hanging on the beach with
some friends) into joining me for a swim, but he told me he
would slow me down too much. Letting me down gently, I
suppose... Yet... who really let me down I ask myself.
Either I'm nuts, dedicated, or as Norm puts it TOO
OPTIMISTIC ALL THE TIME.
Friday is the day before "save the bay," and I will be there. again. Last chance to practice in the open water.
My plan is to groove my stroke and to work on sighting and
straightening. I will use it as a warm-up for "da Bay."
