-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 07-14-19  07:10 <=-

 >  ML> It turns out what my friends consider swimming most
 >  ML> often consists of wading in gradually, acclimating to
 >  ML> the cold water, possibly getting all the way in and
 >  ML> possibly not. It turns out too that zebra mussels have
 >  ML> invaded the lakes to the degree that you have to wear
 >  ML> shoes to go out into the water at all!
 > While the Pond is spring-fed, and thus generally pretty cold, this week
 > it's been quite pleasant, what I term "bathwater" as it really doesn't
 ML> Though Keuka is one of the shallowest of the Finger Lakes
 ML> (if not the), it still runs upward (downward) of 100 feet
 ML> through much of it. I finally went in and got pretty chilled
 ML> despite the air temperature being in the 80s.

Sounds about right...    Even our Pond, which is shallower than the
Finger Lakes, can be cool enough to cool one off for the rest of the
day.... 

 ML> By the way, I found that though I'm much more tenderfooted
 ML> than in the halcyon days, the zebra mussels weren't a problem,
 ML> as their shells crunched satisfyingly under my soles. By the
 ML> other way, I ate a zebra mussel - it tasted more shellfishy
 ML> than I'd have expected.

Yet another invasive species that might be controlled by turning into
food for the masses, perhaps...?  
 
 > take time to acclimate to it at this temperature...    And,
 > thankfully, we have no zebra mussels here yet (and hopefully not ever)..
 ML> They have to get there somehow, and unless you have
 ML> intakes from infested waters or boats launched that
 ML> have been in same, you're pretty golden.

No intakes into our Pond, just the springs, and then the water flows out
through the outlet (and what my son has identified as secondary
outlets)...   And we've tried to educate people on the Pond, including
guests, about not launching boats that haven't been properly cleaned
beforehand, especially if they've been used elsewhere previously...

 > Even a couple of weeks ago, when it was cooler, I did a proper swim...
 > all the way in, and stay there for a while..  Granted, today's swim was
 > at least twice as long... I hated to get out....   
 ML> I got halfway between one dock and the neighboring
 ML> dock, and that was enough. Cut across to shore and
 ML> welcome.

Too much water to let the sun warm it up much, I guess...    At least
you got a bit of a swim in... 
 
 >  >  ML> >  ML> We trust your tastes and local knowledge.
 >  >  ML> > OK, we're going to check out some seafood places.
 >  >  ML> That sounds good, but one thing crossed my mind; if
 >  >  ML> people really want prime rib, we can do it ourselves
 >  >  ML> given enough oven space.
 >  > We have a standard range but if people want to try grilling beef, we've
 >  > several options there.
 >  ML> I suppose one could grill a rib roast to good effect.
 > I can see that this picnic is shaping up to have some interesting
 > possibilities....  (G)
 ML> Always does.

So I've noticed... in one way or another... 
 
ttyl         neb

... A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.

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