april fools!!
you may recall seeing a few MOC polar dip goap! posts in the past--you may not. with the schools on remote learning with plenty of social distance between students, this year's plunge is a virtual one. more accurately, a replay, but that sounds sorta lame.
speaking of lame, if i had started this a week ago, i could have had a lot more pics scanned in. sorry--i will add some later. for now, i have two years 2016 and 2018--first back to april 1st, 2016 and a no-ice year...it was a run-in. my favorite series was of olivia, the last one in, and the first one out!
not bad for her first april above the mason dixon line. the group that year was small but brave hearted--it is a lot harder to run in than jump through a hole in the ice.
two years later, march 31, 2018, we had plenty of ice. a small crew gathered to cut the hole, drilling and sawing through about 2 feet! it's always a little dicy removing the huge blocks, hooking on with a strap and pulling for all you are worth. from the looks of his left pant leg, eben must have taken an early dip.
i do have a series from 2015 of an attempt to haul out a rather large 'berg'. there is some muscle there but since it doesn't seem to come all the way out, i am assuming i had to stow the camera and help.
back to 2018, the 1st of april was another blue bird day, but really windy (stay tuned for some after dip fun.) our camera person--thanks ethan (i think because there are no pictures of him dipping)--caught some sweet series, this time. olivia, now after her third winter, was back and raring to go.
doesn't it look a lot easier than running in? we also had a kearsarge, ski buddy come over for a dip.
the next batch comes in twos, both first time 'jumpers'--well, kerrigan jumped, dirk's vert was only about a half an inch.
another april fools, another hearty and brave crew.
oh, and after folks got some dry clothes on, john and justin attached skis to their boots and did a little leijahiihto, as i once heard it called in finnish.
it was an excellent day for a dip, and plenty windy for kite skiing too! all in all, what's not to love about going outside and playing! and though there is no tell tale splash in this particular picture, i actually did get a little wet. april fools!!
you may recall seeing a few MOC polar dip goap! posts in the past--you may not. with the schools on remote learning with plenty of social distance between students, this year's plunge is a virtual one. more accurately, a replay, but that sounds sorta lame.
speaking of lame, if i had started this a week ago, i could have had a lot more pics scanned in. sorry--i will add some later. for now, i have two years 2016 and 2018--first back to april 1st, 2016 and a no-ice year...it was a run-in. my favorite series was of olivia, the last one in, and the first one out!
not bad for her first april above the mason dixon line. the group that year was small but brave hearted--it is a lot harder to run in than jump through a hole in the ice.
two years later, march 31, 2018, we had plenty of ice. a small crew gathered to cut the hole, drilling and sawing through about 2 feet! it's always a little dicy removing the huge blocks, hooking on with a strap and pulling for all you are worth. from the looks of his left pant leg, eben must have taken an early dip.
i do have a series from 2015 of an attempt to haul out a rather large 'berg'. there is some muscle there but since it doesn't seem to come all the way out, i am assuming i had to stow the camera and help.
back to 2018, the 1st of april was another blue bird day, but really windy (stay tuned for some after dip fun.) our camera person--thanks ethan (i think because there are no pictures of him dipping)--caught some sweet series, this time. olivia, now after her third winter, was back and raring to go.
doesn't it look a lot easier than running in? we also had a kearsarge, ski buddy come over for a dip.
the next batch comes in twos, both first time 'jumpers'--well, kerrigan jumped, dirk's vert was only about a half an inch.
another april fools, another hearty and brave crew.
oh, and after folks got some dry clothes on, john and justin attached skis to their boots and did a little leijahiihto, as i once heard it called in finnish.
it was an excellent day for a dip, and plenty windy for kite skiing too! all in all, what's not to love about going outside and playing! and though there is no tell tale splash in this particular picture, i actually did get a little wet. april fools!!
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