Subject: RE: 8/7, La Porte Tri Just a quick update... Went out to La Porte today to check out the swim area to maybe get a practice swim. Lo & behold, a big yellow sign by the La Porte Board of Health saying (literally ) "there is a CHANCE you could contract a bacterial infection due to water quality". Now, there were people swimming, one guy even went in and swam the 1/4 mile route, so I don't know. I have a baby daughter (15 weeks ) at home and I didn't think it would be smart to go in the water yet. My training partner, who works at the La Porte Hospital labs, called the lab to see what they thought...they suggested NOT getting in, so that made my decision. The La Porte people were great though. Gave me a one day pass to go swim at their Y. I guess we shall see in the morning...I just wanted to get in a lake. Unfortunately, with all the rain that we had this week, many of the beaches were closed because of high bacteria level or high waves. |