Back home in the Netherlands, the weather has finally started to feel like summer. Think hot and humid with no air conditioning. I did some stuff over the weekend including biking to Huizen to shop their Saturday market and walking through the woods on Sunday. Both days I thought about riding my bike over to the little beach on one of the nearby lakes for a swim, but I never quite got there.
Today, I spent the day at work just trying not to break a sweat. That means a slow bike ride to work and riding the elevator between floors. But I was still getting crabby from the heat. This afternoon, I biked home and dug out my triathlon gear. It’s been a long time!
I headed out toward the lake taking the shortcut along the unpaved path. I took my hybrid bike so I could take this trail and also bring along a towel, bike lock, and other junk. The little beach is an easy 40 minute ride from my house. It’s a tiny beach along a bike path – no access by car. I was a little worried that nobody would be there making it a bit dangerous to swim by myself. But when I arrived, there were about 10 people there including a family that pulled up in a speedboat.
I only got a couple of strange looks as I took off my shoes and got in the water with my biking clothes on! But the water was so cool and felt fantastic! All of my crabbiness just melted away. I swam around for a few minutes and then I noticed that one of the other swimmers was not wearing much. In fact, she had nothing on at all. This didn’t seem to bother anyone else, not even the family with young children. At least the naked lady looked good. Some of the other swimmers would have been pretty frightening with no clothes – they were frightening enough with clothes ON!
At any rate, I swam around a little longer and then rode home. In 40 minutes of riding, I was still dripping water when I got home. It’s that humid! But now that I’ve found an awesome place to swim, it can stay hot for a while longer!
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