Despite the freeway collapse, there was no delay driving into San Francisco this morning. It was misting when I left home at 5 am. By the time I arrived at the club, the rain was really coming down! I waited around wondering if maybe the swim would be cancelled. Then, regular as the tides, Vince, Jon, Rebecca and Tom arrived on the scene.
Each swimmer commented on how the rain clouds actually warmed the air and the bay. They kept nodding their brightly colored swim caps in unison. Its funny, I think they were all just trying to make each other feel better about hitting the icy bay in the grey downpour. Hey, it made me feel better.
Jon had been in Florida over the weekend and enjoyed swimming in the 80 degree waters of the gulf coast. So, we weren’t surprised when, 15 minutes into the swim, Jon decided to head back to the warmth of the club.
Not long after Jon’s departure we spotted a huge sea lion patrolling the cove. From eye level, while swimming, it looked more like a submarine than a seal lion. We changed course to avoid the beast and enjoyed the remainder of an exhilarating swim.
Back at the club, the locker room was buzzing about Jon’s solo swim back to the club. Apparently, he got bumped, ‘whiskered’ and nibbled on by the sea lion soon after he left our group. I asked Jon to post his version of the encounter in the ‘comments’ section below. If he hasn’t posted yet, please check back later. It is pretty funny.
