On 17 Aug 2006 16:45:20 -0700, "Chuck Gould"
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JohnH wrote:


Of all the days I've spent on the bay, I can't think of more than a half
dozen where I've gotten my feet in the water. Lots of folks go boating,
fishing, whatever, without swimming at all. If I wanted to swim, I'd find a
nice clean swimming pool, with most of the fecal matter removed!
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John

Almost nobody willingly goes into the sal****er around here. It's cold
enough to kill you, and surprisingly fast. A few exceptions exist in
places where several hours of low tide exposure allow the underlying
mud to soak up enough solar heat to warm up the water just a bit when
the tide comes back in. Among the best reasons to live in the Pacific
NW one should *not* include extended periods of dry weather or ideal
sal****er swimming conditions. :-)

One of my brothers bought a beach house just north of Ilwaco. I spent a few
days there. The beach was nice, the area was nice, but the water was
frigid. Not like being at the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

The Chesapeake Bay has no beaches like those along the Atlantic Coast,
which are mostly beautiful and warm. The bay is very polluted, and the one
big park (Sandy Point) where sand beaches have been made, was closed to
swimming a couple weeks ago for a high fecal count.

Boating, fishing, picnicking, and just cruising are great on the Bay.
But...it's not a great place to swim.
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