History
Crazy Cove swim is a funky Dolphin Club tradition in honor of long time member, Dick Beeler. He was an adorable member of Nooners gang, a group of tough guys and a pretty lady, that swam the cove at noon for decades. Dick once got out of a routine cove swim at Dolphin beach, sat down on a wooden deck chair, said "uh oh!" and dropped dead. Heart attack, they presumed.
Course
The course is kept top secret until 15 minutes before swim. Today's course turned out to be a tribute to tax season. We were split up into teams of 3 and given fake bills. We had to swim a relay course around aquatic park and pass all our money to team leader. Team leader would then swim out to the beach, exchange the bills for pennies from a tax collector ("because that is what IRS does"), and swim back to the club. The team that finished last was declared winner for their smartness in delaying rendevouz with Taxman.
Bubbles' Performance
i successfully located my relay teammate, handed him my hard earned moolah, fought a strong ebb and swam back to the club. Our team placed somewhere in the middle. Nobody noted anyone's individual finish times, people got busy eating donuts.
4 comments:
Hi Tiny Seal--Sounds like a great day and for the uninitiated, it will seem even great as when I was talking with Kate this am she told me that when she was in last week it was a chilly 51!! You rock Seal Girl for braving the cold and figuring out those taxes!! Glad that you were there to lead the polar bear through the course. Am sure she needed some help. flipper
Thanks, Flippy!
Polarbear didnt need any help! She got done with her share of taxes for her team, decided to play around the cove by herself, did a tour of anchored boats, and walked into showers quite a while after everyone got done!
You babes are awesome, braving the cold. Makes us lava folks look like wimps. :)
Thanks, Star!
It was Jon's first open water, give him a break! You know how many months i basked in a wetsuit with Pedro when i got started :-)
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