I swam about a mile at Deer Creek this afternoon. I
cooked a bbq dinner and took a paddle board, a kayak and the kids up around 4.
While they played, I swam along the buoys that ran parallel to the shore.
It was very very hard. It was windy and the waves slap you in the
face when you're trying to breath and the water was cold so I had to keep
moving. I had to stop and rest at every buoy. I'm a good swimmer,
but not a fluid one. And swimming against the wind is hard. I knew
someone that did a 2 mile swim in the ocean; I still can't imagine doing that
without fins. In La Jolla they have markers for swimming 1/4, 1/2, and 1
mile swim straight out. I have a panic attack every time I try to go
beyond the half mile marker. Besides which, I've been invited to do it at
night to see the phosphorescent kept and instead of marveling at the
beauty of the phenomena, I was panic stricken that I would be bitten by a
shark. So Deer Creek doesn’t have
sharks, but they do have some wicked wind that picks up the waves. Not sure when I’ll be trying that again. I think I’ll stick to paddleboarding. | 