PNWguy Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Went to the lake this weekend and took the boat to a swim dock and hung out for a couple of hours drinking, listening to music, and swimming with my dad and my son and his girlfriend. Went to the same swim dock a couple of weeks earlier for my brother's bachelor weekend. Every summer, I swim at least a couple of times in either a river or lake. Friend of mine at work thought that was the most redneck thing you could do and thought swimming in anything other than a pool was gross. I haven't swam in a pool in years. In fact, I don't remember the last time I swam in a pool. May have been at a friend's backyard pool in Arizona in 2009... When's the last time you swam in something other than a swimming pool? Obligatory lake pics... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenoF250 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Your work friend is a weirdo. I was in the river a few weeks ago. Cool swim dock, I have never seen one closed in with a ladder like that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselMcBadass Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 I swim in my gym pool a couple times a week. Only cardio i like. I travel a lot for work and enjoy hotel pools. I enjoy swimming in a lake but theres only like 3 months a year warm enough here. About a month ago i went to san diego and swam in the ocean, much warmer year round. Having waves is a ton of fun, cant recreate waves and body surfing in a pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Your dad's a human / racoon hybrid? I haven't swam in a public pool since I took a state-mandated pool manager course a couple of decades ago. I know that most all rivers / lakes / oceans aren't any better, but still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glocks4Freedom Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 New Smyrna Beach... didn't get bitten by a shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannie Caulder Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 I swim in the ocean all the time. My backyard is the beach. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselMcBadass Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 My last swim in ocean was at the infamous blacks beach. Quite the experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PNWguy Posted September 3, 2018 Author Share Posted September 3, 2018 11 minutes ago, Huaco Kid said: Your dad's a human / racoon hybrid? I haven't swam in a public pool since I took a state-mandated pool manager course a couple of decades ago. I know that most all rivers / lakes / oceans aren't any better, but still. That's me... Blocked out my face partially after learning the hard way on GT that people are dicks... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collim1 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 19 minutes ago, DieselMcBadass said: I swim in my gym pool a couple times a week. Only cardio i like. I travel a lot for work and enjoy hotel pools. I enjoy swimming in a lake but theres only like 3 months a year warm enough here. About a month ago i went to san diego and swam in the ocean, much warmer year round. Having waves is a ton of fun, cant recreate waves and body surfing in a pool. I swim 3-5 miles per week. Indoor 25yd gym pool. I’d love to have access to a 50m pool. In response to the OP, I have no problem swimming in lakes and rivers. Grew up doing it. I’m not a big fan of swimming in the ocean though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Local lake. No docks or any of that ****. Just me and the dog. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
refugeepj Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 (edited) LAKE MICHIGAN AND UPPER SILVER LAKE< MICHIGAN. Edited September 3, 2018 by refugeepj 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaston_Convert Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 A few weeks ago in the river with friends. It was refreshing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deputy tom Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 1977 in the Yough Reservoir. tom. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packinaglock Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Well we're building a new storm water treatment area near the top of Lake Okeechobee. About a month ago I needed to read something and took off my Raybans and set them down on a water gate structure to put my readers on. The wind blew them Into the canal. Now I have another pair of Raybans, a pair of Oakley's, and two pair of Costa's, but said Raybans were my favorite and no longer sold. I spent a week trying to fish them out with a makeshift graple hook and a string with no luck. So after a week I took a pair of swim trunks and googles to work. I went for a swim in the canal with gators and water moccasins and retrieved my sunglasses. When I told the wife she was definitely wanting to kick my ass. ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Kraut Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 (edited) We snorkeled off of Tunnel Beach in Kauai with the sea turtles last summer. That was the most memorable swim second only to the Columbia Reef off of Cozumel a few years ago. Don't care for the high chlorine content of most pools. The only place close by to swim here is Lake Mead and it is usually pretty murky in most places. Our snorkeling adventure off of the Napali coast was OK, but the boat trip along there was spectacular. Edited September 3, 2018 by Desert Kraut Added information. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay S. Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 I live in south Mississippi. Lakes and rivers are full of cottonmouths, alligators snapping turtles and the water is generally brown and murky. The ocean ( gulf) is very muddy and the beaches suck unless you head towards Destin, Orange Beach etc. Absolutely no swimming down here for me unless it’s in a pool. Was just the opposite when I lived in Maine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 1 minute ago, Jay S. said: I live in south Mississippi. Lakes and rivers are full of cottonmouths, alligators snapping turtles and the water is generally brown and murky. The ocean ( gulf) is very muddy and the beaches suck unless you head towards Destin, Orange Beach etc. Absolutely no swimming down here for me unless it’s in a pool. Was just the opposite when I lived in Maine. Leeches in the lakes here. I dumped the canoe over this spring. I wasn't really swimming cause the water was shallow, but I did go under and had to make my way back to shore. Does that count? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tadbart Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 No way, man. We got sharks and gators and moccasins. Last time I got in natural water, the wife and I were swimming at Daytona Beach by the pier. Damn dolphin came up for air right beside me. Pulled a Jesus on the way out the water, ain't been back in since. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holyjohnson Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 although not exactly swimming,the Polar Plunge in 2016 i think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G26S239 Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Probably the early 90s in Cache Creek or the American River. I used to go White Water rafting then started doing more and more OT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aomagrat Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 I haven't been swimming since 1998. Then it was the Mediterranean at Corfu Greece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maccabeus Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 22 hours ago, refugeepj said: ... LAKE MICHIGAN AND UPPER SILVER LAKE< MICHIGAN. I was about to say that looked like fun until you mentioned that. Now, I'm shivering just thinking of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maccabeus Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 This summer, I've been in lakes more often than my own community pool. I was just in a lake the end of last week: Water temperature: 84 Sharks, stingrays, jellyfish, & riptides: None Alligators, leaches, & cottonmouths: None 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NDcent Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 23 hours ago, PNWguy said: Went to the lake this weekend and took the boat to a swim dock and hung out for a couple of hours drinking, listening to music, and swimming with my dad and my son and his girlfriend. Went to the same swim dock a couple of weeks earlier for my brother's bachelor weekend. Every summer, I swim at least a couple of times in either a river or lake. Friend of mine at work thought that was the most redneck thing you could do and thought swimming in anything other than a pool was gross. I haven't swam in a pool in years. In fact, I don't remember the last time I swam in a pool. May have been at a friend's backyard pool in Arizona in 2009... When's the last time you swam in something other than a swimming pool? Obligatory lake pics... Never seen a pool in lake combo thing like this, pretty cool. We go to the river and canoe and snorkel a couple times per year. If I didn't have a pool I'd go a lot more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 On 9/3/2018 at 6:22 AM, PNWguy said: Went to the lake this weekend and took the boat to a swim dock and hung out for a couple of hours drinking, listening to music, and swimming with my dad and my son and his girlfriend. Went to the same swim dock a couple of weeks earlier for my brother's bachelor weekend. Every summer, I swim at least a couple of times in either a river or lake. Friend of mine at work thought that was the most redneck thing you could do and thought swimming in anything other than a pool was gross. I haven't swam in a pool in years. In fact, I don't remember the last time I swam in a pool. May have been at a friend's backyard pool in Arizona in 2009... When's the last time you swam in something other than a swimming pool? Obligatory lake pics... That's Walt Longmire's beer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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