JimH wrote:
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On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:23:31 -0400, "jamesgangnc"
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My experience is that everyone is in a bathing
suit and just jumps in the lake to pee
Um....I don't know about that. Mrs. Wave isn't that proletarian. I
suspect that most other women, what with their unique
physiologies/anatomies and moments of periodic infirmities (like the
way I put that?) would prefer not to jump into the lake to perform
bodily functions.

Privacy curtains aren't an answer either for obvious reasons.

I think in his case, cuddy is probably the only way to go.
I agree. Lake Erie water is presently 42 degrees and does not warm up
for swimming until the end of June.

You just don't see many bowriders on Lake Erie. They are more for
inland lake use.
What's the usual water temp of Erie in the summer months in your area?
Mid 60's by mid June and mid 70's by the 1st of August. It stays in the
70's until about the 1st of October.
Thanks. I'd never get my wife to stick her toe in the water there even in
August...southern belle that she is. But the 70s was what I grew up with
swimming in Long Island Sound in the Connecticut summers.

Any warmer than that and the water feels like bathwater to me.



Yeah, the first time my wife took me swimming down in St. Augustine, I
thought...man, all I need are carrots and onions and I could make soup
out of this ocean water.

But you get used to it. Virginia Beach is as about far north for beach
swimming as we prefer these days. Very high 70's in the summer, plus a
hot wind and it's usually ok for us.

Virginia Beach is a great place to visit, btw, especially if you avoid
the crowded areas. It used to be a dumpy seaside resort, but in the last
20 years, the city fathers have spent hundreds of millions on cleanup
and amenities, and now strictly enforce traffic control, public drinking
laws, et cetera, so the people you don't want to see on a vacation
mostly go elsewhere.

Here's a site with lots of touristy photos:

http://photos.igougo.com/pictures-l1...ch_photos.html