Went out last night about 2145 and headed to Pineview. By the time I got there, it was completely dark and only the stars could be seen. I headed down to the beach and sure enough, not one buoy could be seen! Some boats were visible in the distance because of their lights but that was about it. I got in and swam away from shore but the beach quickly disappeared. I decided to swim 25 strokes then look up (repeat). This was a genius idea because after my 4th rotation, I stopped about 2 yards from a boat! This was a pretty good sized boat and the background swimming to it kept it camo'd. Not ONE light was on and this kind of pissed me off. Not only did I nearly run into a boat in the middle of the lake, what is to keep another boat from plowing into him later? I was VERY tempted to swim up and bang on the side awhile but decided to head back instead.
Luck was on my side and even though I knew relatively where the shore was, a couple came there and started to have a late night picnic. I could see the lights from their phones and it guided me in.
I got a lot of questions answered from the swim and will be giving a definite date soon on when the first group night swim will be.
Swam .5 total.
Dang. We'll definitely want our own boat with lights on it, and stay close to it. Do you know if the boat trolling or was it anchored?
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