Evil Elves (Page 28)

HCS5QA - 2007-12-12 8:18 PM Swam another 1300 meters this evening. The community center was full tonight for some event. I actually had people come out to watch me swim but it wasn't because I was a great swimmer, it was because they thought I was crazy. They were cold and wearing coats and thought I was nuts, I couldn't help but smile inside.

I used to swim all the time in an outdoor pool in the winter in eastern Oregon.  I loved swimming with snow all over the ground around me!  The pool was awesome because it was heated with hot spring water!  I miss that pool. 

Kristen,

Are you going to do the 3 Sport Tri this year? 

enders_shadow - 2007-12-13 11:25 AM 1500 m done...nice swim back at my home Y. The wacky lifeguard even remembered me...it's good to be loved.

Now we need to hear wacky lifeguard stories.

My wacky pool story of the week might be tough to describe in writing... you sort of had to bear witness but I shall try.

A guy came in and stood on the pool deck... he was, ummm... stretching?? I want you to imagine putting your arms over your head and then very, very slowly pushing them out and down as if you were doing breast stroke in slow motion. He would arch his back and look up at his hands when his arms were overhead and then as he did the, ummm... stroke?... he would round out his back. Then, he proceeded to get in the water and do exactly the same thing at the end of the lane and then again while walking the lane. Eventually, he swam.

Nobody's dissing my elfness, but we seem to have a plague of non-elves lauding their swimming achievements here!

enders_shadow - 2007-12-13 11:25 AM 1500 m done...nice swim back at my home Y. The wacky lifeguard even remembered me...it's good to be loved.

Now we need to hear wacky lifeguard stories.

My wacky pool story of the week might be tough to describe in writing... you sort of had to bear witness but I shall try.

A guy came in and stood on the pool deck... he was, ummm... stretching?? I want you to imagine putting your arms over your head and then very, very slowly pushing them out and down as if you were doing breast stroke in slow motion.  He would arch his back and look up at his hands when his arms were overhead and then as he did the, ummm... stroke?... he would round out his back.  Then, he proceeded to get in the water and do exactly the same thing at the end of the lane and then again while walking the lane.  Eventually, he swam. 

enders_shadow - 2007-12-13 11:25 AM 1500 m done...nice swim back at my home Y. The wacky lifeguard even remembered me...it's good to be loved.

Now we need to hear wacky lifeguard stories.

My wacky pool story of the week might be tough to describe in writing... you sort of had to bear witness but I shall try.

A guy came in and stood on the pool deck... he was, ummm... stretching?? I want you to imagine putting your arms over your head and then very, very slowly pushing them out and down as if you were doing breast stroke in slow motion.  He would arch his back and look up at his hands when his arms were overhead and then as he did the, ummm... stroke?... he would round out his back.  Then, he proceeded to get in the water and do exactly the same thing at the end of the lane and then again while walking the lane.  Eventually, he swam. 

enders_shadow - 2007-12-13 3:17 PM

milaminute - 2007-12-13 12:09 PM

enders_shadow - 2007-12-13 11:25 AM 1500 m done...nice swim back at my home Y. The wacky lifeguard even remembered me...it's good to be loved.

Now we need to hear wacky lifeguard stories.

My wacky pool story of the week might be tough to describe in writing... you sort of had to bear witness but I shall try.

A guy came in and stood on the pool deck... he was, ummm... stretching?? I want you to imagine putting your arms over your head and then very, very slowly pushing them out and down as if you were doing breast stroke in slow motion.  He would arch his back and look up at his hands when his arms were overhead and then as he did the, ummm... stroke?... he would round out his back.  Then, he proceeded to get in the water and do exactly the same thing at the end of the lane and then again while walking the lane.  Eventually, he swam. 

 

Yeah, but was he wearing fur gloves?

LOL, no he wasn't... does your spin instructor double as the lifeguard?? 

enders_shadow - 2007-12-13 6:59 AM

owl_girl - 2007-12-12 11:27 PM

HCS5QA - 2007-12-12 8:18 PM Swam another 1300 meters this evening. The community center was full tonight for some event. I actually had people come out to watch me swim but it wasn't because I was a great swimmer, it was because they thought I was crazy. They were cold and wearing coats and thought I was nuts, I couldn't help but smile inside.

I used to swim all the time in an outdoor pool in the winter in eastern Oregon.  I loved swimming with snow all over the ground around me!  The pool was awesome because it was heated with hot spring water!  I miss that pool. 

That's what HOT TUBS are for, not swimmin' pools... Coolest tubbin' was at a B&B in February that had an outdoor hot tub...froze our heinies off sprinting from the inn to the hot tub in bathrobes & bare feets, but sitting there watching the snow in the moonlight was amazing. (I will never forget the sprint back, though - that sucked.)

That sounds COOL.....er HOT!!!!  I'm a self proffessed hot spring junkie!  There is a natural hot spring in the middle of no where in the middle of Idaho that sits on a slope in the mountains.  The water is crudely piped out of the ground with a garden hose.  When you want to soak, you just put the pipe in an old fashioned claw foot tub on the side of the hill (yes, open to the whole world) and fill 'er up!  The water is tinted margarita green from all the copper in the ground, too.  Very pretty.  I'm not sure how anyone got the tub to its location.  They had to have used a mule or something.  Or maybe 10 huge guys!

owl_girl - 2007-12-13 12:20 PM

enders_shadow - 2007-12-13 6:59 AM

owl_girl - 2007-12-12 11:27 PM

HCS5QA - 2007-12-12 8:18 PM Swam another 1300 meters this evening. The community center was full tonight for some event. I actually had people come out to watch me swim but it wasn't because I was a great swimmer, it was because they thought I was crazy. They were cold and wearing coats and thought I was nuts, I couldn't help but smile inside.

I used to swim all the time in an outdoor pool in the winter in eastern Oregon.  I loved swimming with snow all over the ground around me!  The pool was awesome because it was heated with hot spring water!  I miss that pool. 

That's what HOT TUBS are for, not swimmin' pools... Coolest tubbin' was at a B&B in February that had an outdoor hot tub...froze our heinies off sprinting from the inn to the hot tub in bathrobes & bare feets, but sitting there watching the snow in the moonlight was amazing. (I will never forget the sprint back, though - that sucked.)

That sounds COOL.....er HOT!!!!  I'm a self proffessed hot spring junkie!  There is a natural hot spring in the middle of no where in the middle of Idaho that sits on a slope in the mountains.  The water is crudely piped out of the ground with a garden hose.  When you want to soak, you just put the pipe in an old fashioned claw foot tub on the side of the hill (yes, open to the whole world) and fill 'er up!  The water is tinted margarita green from all the copper in the ground, too.  Very pretty.  I'm not sure how anyone got the tub to its location.  They had to have used a mule or something.  Or maybe 10 huge guys!

That sound so cool!!! Where's it at?  Just might have to check it out next time we're up that way.

They do have some neat springs in Norhtern Utah and SOuthern Idaho, too.  Favorite was in southern BC, just the right temp.