Swim Test
Well today was the day and we all new it was coming: The Swim Test. We first learned how totie some knots, which let me add I am not so good. I got only one of the four or five down pack. Erin is great since she was living on a sail boat for a semester. I think I will stay around her when it’s time to learn again. We then had a little rowing adventure by the dock’s side. Out to a piling and back was the extent of our adventure. Colleen was my partner in the boat and I felt bad for her because I was no good at that either. I didn’t suck, but rather needed a huge improvement. Ok here it comes the swim test. I had first walked out there with my heavy Monterey Bay reversible fleece jacket so I could get nice and hot, then the water would look inviting. Nah! The water still looked cold.
After walking around the dock trying to find a good place to jump off of we found some ladders we could swim to and get out of the freezing cold water. Val and Leslie had joined us and we were very excited to see that Val was going to get in with us. Then I was shocked to see him jump in first. Jason was second to jump in and they were floating around acting like the water was anything but cold (Val was more convincing than Jason). We eventually all went in. Donna and i were the last ones and she suggested we go in at the same time. I had to do it or else I was going to just stand there and stare and the water. Well no one screamed after they jumped in except me. No one heard me since it was underwater and I swallowed a whole chunk of salty sea water and probably some oil from the boats docked there. I raced Donna to the ladder so to get out of the freezing cold waterfirst. Luckily it was a nice 78 degrees and once we climbed the ladder it was warm. Leslie got some pretty get pictures and I can’t wait to see them up on the blogbook.
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