Saturday, August 30th, 2035

63° Water and Chased By The Fog - 

OK, on last Thursday I said we wouldn't have much better swimming conditions than we had that day, but, today the conditions were the same except the water was three degrees warmer.  

At 7 it was sunny, clear and 53° with no wind and a slight ripple on the water. I measured a water temperature of 63° from the pier.  There were a few otters in the waves and a few birds but no pelicans, dolphins, whales or ships with black sales. Swimming this morning were Jodi, Eileen, Paula, Tom Israel and Niel. We wanted to do about 3,000M and Jodi needed to drop off early to go to work.  We decided to do the same route I did Thursday so Jodi could drop off at the end of the Avila Pier.  

Me in front of Jodi Tom, Paula and Eline, getting 

started at the #1 buoy.

 

Tom, Jodi, Paula and Eileen and a Blue Heron at the first crossbars on the Poly Pier

You can see the fog in the background of the photo. The weather was closing in. When we arrived at the end of the Avila Pier it was getting thick and at the third crossbars we couldn't see the Avila Pier.  We swam i along the pier to the second crossbars, took a bearing on where the fourth buoy would be and kept on that line by keeping the sun on our right shoulder. We all arrived at the 4th buoy and swam along the buoys to our starting point and in to the beach for 3,582M.

Paula and I will swim early tomorrow at 10. Company is welcome.

niel