That’s probably only partially due to the chilly temperatures. It has more to do with the fact that yesterday this girl broke her all-time record for longest swim without a break…one hour. It’s hard to believe really. No way in the world I could stay afloat for an hour in the water. Up here, Lucy becomes AQUA-PUP.
It started when Pam took her out for a swim on her paddle board. This is one of their favorite activities up here. Pam goes out and Lucy dives in off the dock and follows her everywhere. They paddle all over the lake together. Then after thirty minutes or so, Pam heads back to the dock. But this time, Lucy had no interest in leaving the lake so she just swam around our cove for another full thirty minutes, happy as she could be. At one point we saw her trying something new. Several times she suddenly stuck her entire head under water for several seconds! Each time bubbles would rise to the surface. She somehow knew that she needed to blow air through her nose to keep from drowning. We have no idea what she was thinking. Maybe she was looking for fish? Or maybe she wants to take up scuba diving? At this point, I will put nothing past this girl when it comes to this lake. She is going to be so depressed when we leave on Saturday.
That’s right, we only have five more days. We are trying to decide how best to spend our remaining days here. Pam wants to walk the Rockland Break Water before we leave, and there’s a restaurant in Lincolnville Beach we want to try. I have one more round of golf to play.But honestly, the hardest part is ginning up the motivation to leave the lake. When the weather is perfect and the lake is calm, it is practically impossible to leave. Wednesday looks like a washout rainy day. We will probably spend that day with indoor pursuits. For Pam that means trying to finish the cross stitch pattern she’s been working on for six weeks. For me it will mean finishing my last bit of reading…
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