(posted by ange re: February 28)
Dave and I are the current champions of the Cerro Mar freeze your ass off in the pool swim!
The facts: The pool here is not heated. AT ALL. I liken it to Cultus Lake. Dave compares it to Lynn Canyon, saying the only brain freezes he likes are from 7-11, and therefore will not be submerging his noggin.
Yesterday while I lounged by the pool I was brave enough to dip my legs in. After going numb, it was actually quite pleasant. Today, though, I figured it was go hard or go home. I was going in. All the way. The process of getting in goes something like this: toes in, cold dance, acclimatize. Whole foot in, cold dance, acclimatize. Ankle in…well you get the picture. So a few hours later (okay, maybe that’s an exaggeration) when both Dave and I were fully submerged, sans heads, we took off for the other side of the pool.
As we were almost at the end we could here a man yelling “Congratulations!” We stopped. Looked up. A resident, who is apparently on pool patrol 7 days a week, yelled down “Congratulations! You’re the first ones in this year! You should get a bottle of champagne!” SWEET! Do we ROCK or what??!! Although I don’t know why this guy wasn’t offering up the champagne as our prize.
Dave and I are the current champions of the Cerro Mar freeze your ass off in the pool swim!
The facts: The pool here is not heated. AT ALL. I liken it to Cultus Lake. Dave compares it to Lynn Canyon, saying the only brain freezes he likes are from 7-11, and therefore will not be submerging his noggin.
Yesterday while I lounged by the pool I was brave enough to dip my legs in. After going numb, it was actually quite pleasant. Today, though, I figured it was go hard or go home. I was going in. All the way. The process of getting in goes something like this: toes in, cold dance, acclimatize. Whole foot in, cold dance, acclimatize. Ankle in…well you get the picture. So a few hours later (okay, maybe that’s an exaggeration) when both Dave and I were fully submerged, sans heads, we took off for the other side of the pool.
As we were almost at the end we could here a man yelling “Congratulations!” We stopped. Looked up. A resident, who is apparently on pool patrol 7 days a week, yelled down “Congratulations! You’re the first ones in this year! You should get a bottle of champagne!” SWEET! Do we ROCK or what??!! Although I don’t know why this guy wasn’t offering up the champagne as our prize.
3 comments:
Well, it looks warmer than it sounds! It sure beats the snow here my dear :)
Ahh.if you were where i am, you would have your skates on, ear muffs, scarf and down filled jacket. Instead of dipping your feet in the water, you would be gliding over it, carrying a hockey stick in your hand and yelling, "he shoots, he scores" and if you had done that three times, instead of the gentleman telling you "we should bring out the champagne, he would have tossed you his ball cap, because you just made a hat trick. Only in canada, you say. Minus 10 here but the sun is shining. Enjoy your time
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