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Weather App Woes

I realized that the weather app was lying when it said we were getting gusts up to 9 km per hour while I was watching a windsurfer skimming across the lake. It didn't forecast any rain for this afternoon at 4 pm. However, that changed a bit…

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The Birds and the Bees (and Other Wildlife)

Hello Kal Lake Swimmers:

Next week Wednesday will be July 1st and we traditionally hold our Canada Day swim at 8:00am. We hope that many of you can make it and can wear some suitable Canadiana to the park and perhaps for the swim as well.…
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Solstice Swim

Welcome to the first day of summer! It certainly felt like summer this morning for the seventeen of us at Juniper Beach. The water temperature had regressed a bit to 18 degrees. The fifteen swimmers bundled under a thick layer of rubber didn't seem to care too much,…

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Senility Encroaching

Sunny skies, glassy water, and a perfect 27 degree air temperature greeted the senile old man as he gingerly waded into the waters of Juniper Beach.

"You're still wearing your shorts" the group shouted. To his horror and embarrassment, he looked down and realized it was…
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Four and a pegacorn

With a cloudburst clearing out Juniper Beach ninety minutes earlier sunshine and calm(er) water greeted Phred, Alison, Sean and me for our inaugural afternoon swim yesterday. My thermometer read 18.2 degrees at the beach, warm enough for me to join Sean and Phred swimming naked. Alison elected…

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Birthday Swim

Hello Kal Lake Swimmers    

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday you -------!

Happy Birthday to you!

and not many more..... 

With all the singing going on at the start of so many sporting events today, we thought it only appropriate to get into…

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