Open Water swim practice

Now that I'm at the Cottage and the water is warm enough -- I've gotten in 3 good open water swim practices. Each time my swim felt great -- now it is just a matter of extending the swims.

Tomorrow I plan on a 3 hour bike ride and then we plan on going over by the Wolf River and do some mountain bike riding. On Sunday they have a practice ride/run/swim at the site of the Door County Triathlon with the ride being 56 miles, run 6.2 miles, and then a cool down swim. I plan on making it over there for that.

Been a bit busy the last few days in the attempt to sell one of our beloved items -- our "bigger" boat. We decided to put it on the market after realizing that we just don't have the time necessary to enjoy it. We have a house, cottage, and a boat -- which is really like having 3 homes -- 1 too many. I created a quick website www.sundownertug.blogspot.com using Blogger.com and put it on ebay. Well, a week later and many many e-mails/phone calls/etc -- we had a nice offer and the boat has been sold (pending a marine survey, etc). We are heart broken to let it go, but out LOVE of big boating has not gone away and we'll be back at it someday when the timing is right.

We made great use out of the boat for the last 6 years with most years spending 30 to 45 nights on the boat. We made a 2 month long trip to the North Channel (www.northchannel.blogspot.com) in 2006 and many Lake Michigan crossings. But with the kids summer schedule and our desire to use the Cottage, we just don't have the time.

So anyway, the good news is we have a buyer and the bad news is we have a buyer.

Have a Great Weekend...