Labor Day swim (Monday) will be at 7:45.  We have some cool stuff planned.  All swimmers will receive a very awesome Lucky’s Lake Swim Bracelet that changes color if you are getting too much sun (no grandfathering in you must swim to get the SWAG). So if the bracelet turns purple you should have sunscreen on.  If you don’t, Lucky is okay with that as he still has kids to put through college. We will also be honoring (whether they show up or not) our three 2000K club members (Tom, Mi, and George) and they will be presented with their cubby holes in the swim shack along with all the pomp and circumstance that goes along with that high honor.  Lucky will also explain the new release of the Lucky’s Lake Swim R values, which is a ranking system based on all of your personal Lucky’s Lake Swim Accomplishments (a goal oriented athlete’s perpetual nightmare),  Steven Block will also be hitting his 100th crossing on that day as well.

The bad news is that King Cobras do swim.  The good news is that the King Cobra is not the most poisonous snake in the world.  Unfortunately the King Cobra that escaped down the road a bit is the most poisonous snake in Orange County. Thankfully, if you are the 21st person bit by this cobra on the same day you are extremely lucky as the bite of a King Cobra has only enough venom to kill 20 men.

The Lake Cane Restoration Society will be having a board meeting on Thursday Sept 11th.  If you are interested in serving on the board contact Jay Madigan. The Lake Cane Restoration Society would also request that you vote for Jim Thomas for the Cox Conserves Heroes Program. He is the head of the Oakland Nature Preserve and a true advocate for local lake quality. Ten Grand is at stake. You can click here to vote.

For all of our salt water open water swimmers. See the shinny ring, see the scars on the hand. Yes a real barracuda bite. Don’t swim open water with shinny things attached to body.

I have no idea why this photo is upside down. Either way it is somewhat disturbing, but we like the advertising.

I regret posting this photo already, but somebody has to warn us about the dangers of doing too many sit ups before the lake swim. I keep telling Ron “no you can’t order them that way”. If you enlarge the photo you are a perve.

George Mann after finishing his 2000th crossing. (Actually George looks like this after finishing any of his crossings). Nobody really knows how many crossings George has done. 2000 is from when we started counting. He has been swimming here for 25 years and is one of the pioneers of Lucky’s Lake Swim.

Congratulations to Paul Parsons who did his first swim on his 64th birthday.