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From Starbucks to Stromberg Cove: Swim Day #36
Off Elliot Street in Beverly, Massachusetts sits a bit of urban sprawl: a small shopping plaza that sports a nail salon, a liquor store, a pizza joint, and, of course, a Starbucks. Out back, past the dumpsters and the employee parking spaces, sits a relatively nondescript and unloved tendril of the Atlantic Ocean. In my quest... Continue reading From Starbucks to Stromberg Cove: Swim Day #36
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Tweet This PostSwim Day #35 Lead Mills - Take 2
Three days ago, I made the call to bail out of a swim in Salem Harbor when conditions turned against us. In the ensuing 72 hours, I plotted another attempt. This time, I was able to line up the wind and the tide. I scooted over black rocks erupting with barnacles and headed up Salem Harbor. Along the way, I ... Continue reading Swim Day #35 Lead Mills - Take 2
Testing the Bail-Out Plan on Swim Day #34
On September 12, 2004, I headed out from Burlington, Vermont onto Lake Champlain. My scruffy crew guy, Josh Parish, piloted our twelve-foot aluminum john boat away from the dock into a gusty North wind. It was going to be the twelfth day of my 129 mile swim up the lake. We never should have left the dock. Two... Continue reading Testing the Bail-Out Plan on Swim Day #34
Swim Day #33: Nantasket Beach--Finally.
It has been four months since I hopped into a Flagship Adventures RIB and headed out past the fish pier toward the Boston Harbor Islands. When I picked up my trail off Georges Island, the water was nine degrees colder than it was last summer. This time, I was determined to swim out and around Point Aller... Continue reading Swim Day #33: Nantasket Beach--Finally.
I am glad I am not a Smelt: Swim Day #32
I drove past the North River thousands of times before I ever learned its name. This finger of the Atlantic worms its way up through Beverly Harbor and into the grungy infrastructure of Salem, Massachusetts. It ducks under North Street (a.k.a. Route 114) and continues life as a channel-ized canal. ... Continue reading I am glad I am not a Smelt: Swim Day #32
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