We have a number of lakes here in "Lake County" that I would like to swim across. Not because of great distance, but because I want to swim across them. There are a dozen or so above 150 acres. I have put together a list. I'll obviously have to check water quality and it's an approved lake for swimming, not a marsh, etc. I have the ISHOF "Swim Safer" bouy and plan on doing them when boat traffic is light (early am). Most will be 1-2k wide. Are there others of you out there doing this? Am I a trend-setter or is this a known malady? Some think me crazy but I think it would be fun....
I try to search out for new lakes/OW venues to swim as well. Sounds like you are being safe, which should be priority, then have some fun. I join a group in the Berkshires of Mass for their Wednesday night swims when I am able to - always more fun with a group. Enjoy! :)
I don't know if this is what is intended by the phrase "pirate swimming", but groups ranging from 2 to 11 people have been swimming across Shaver or Millerton lakes every weekend all summer.
When do you plan on doing this? Where will you start? I'm just over the state line in Kenosha county and might like to join you. i won't be able to tell you whether or not you're crazy, except to say that I would love to do this too and everyone calls me crazy for most of the things I come up with.
I feel like I have to start soon. Probably next weekend. I think the swims necessarily have to be across and back. Diamond Lake on Saturday early AM?
Just looked it up on google map and looks good. Depending on where you start and where you swim to, is that a 1.5 to 2.5K round trip? I'm doing my 5K postal on Saturday morning; but I could do Friday before work or Sunday early.
Well, okay how about Sunday morning at 7:00 AM (too early?) at Diamond Lake. There's parking on Diamond Lake road South of the Lake and we can enter the water there. Probably have to go across and back, because I haven't seen a non-private yard/dock to exit on the North side. I doubt it's a mile across and back. I was figuring every 5 minutes is about 300 yards (50-second 50s) of travel which should include getting one's bearings and such. I was planning on swimming across Forest Lake tonight on the way home, but it looks like rain is on the way!
Well, okay how about Sunday morning at 7:00 AM (too early?) at Diamond Lake. There's parking on Diamond Lake road South of the Lake and we can enter the water there. Probably have to go across and back, because I haven't seen a non-private yard/dock to exit on the North side. I doubt it's a mile across and back. I was figuring every 5 minutes is about 300 yards (50-second 50s) of travel which should include getting one's bearings and such. I was planning on swimming across Forest Lake tonight on the way home, but it looks like rain is on the way!
7AM is fine; Diamond Lake looks like it's about 45 minutes from my house, so not a bad trek at all. Is that the parking at Diamond Lake Rd. and Rays Ln? Google map, which I'm looking at now has it labeled "Mundelein Park and Recreation" and it looks like the only public access. I just went to Geodistance and measured a point from that beach directly across the lake (following the same line as Rays Ln) to the point jutting out just north of the inlet between Oakdale Ln and Taylor Lake Ct and it comes up just over half a mile across, so just over a mile round trip... looks like fun. We should look into hitting another lake on Monday morning while we've still got decent weather.
