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> Posted by LevilovR on July 24, 2016 at 02:27:04

> Left work today happy to be starting two weeks of vacation.. Decided to celebrate by literally jumping in the lake. It has been very hot and humid here for the last few days. Severe thunder showers were predicted yesterday we got a doozie. More showers predicted for this afternoon, and sure enough as I am driving home from work I see clouds building on the horizon. Quickly changed into some indigo 501s, striped shirt (blue,black and yellow stripes), navy tie and my ever faithful black boots, hat and belt. It was very hot and clouds kept getting darker over the lake as I drove. When I got there lots of boats were coming in off the water to escape the coming storm. It kept getting blacker and blacker, the wind picked up, it started to thunder and there was some lightning. Then the rain came, small drops at first, then big ones, then an absolute downpour. I was already in the water up to my waist helping people with their boats but within seconds my shirt was soaked through and water was pouring off the brim of my hat. The air was cool but the water was incredibly warm. We had some lightning, which always makes me a trifle nervous, but it was nothing compared to last night. Finally the last boat was loaded and I just stood there in the lake and let the rain cascade down over me. Waded out and went down the parking lot to move my car up closer to the dock/boat ramp. Lots of people were there when I arrived, but they cleared out quickly when the storm came. Some just hunkered down in their cars, knowing the storm would pass quickly. A veritable stream was running down the center of the parking lot towards the lake, lots of fun to slosh through on the way to the car. Couldn't get any wetter and couldn't avoid it anyway. After reparking the car got out and stood in the rain again. Within moments the storm passed, the rain ended and the sun came out again. It was absolutely beautiful. It got very hot and steamy again. My shirt dried quickly in the sun. People began to emerge from their cars and return to the beach and started swimming again, at least those few hardy souls who were willing to wait out the storm. Boats started arriving at the dock again, heading out on the lake. However the sky was darkening again, in fact it was really getting black, another cool wind started blowing, could hear some thunder and see lightening in the distance. People who had just unloaded their boats literally turned around and headed back to the dock. Drops of rain as big as marbles started to fall, plopping on the surface of the lake and making huge splashes. I was afraid it might hail. Then the downpour again. In fact it rained harder than it did the first time and it was so black you couldn't see past the end of the dock. Was completely soaked again in a moment. Waded back out to help those people struggling to get their boats loaded, particularly one older woman standing on the dock shivering in the rain while holding the ropes attached to the bow and stern, having a difficult time trying to keep the boat under control while her son ran for the trailer. Another man helped her on the dock and with me in the water we guided the boat onto the trailer. She was most grateful. The sun returned, yet it still kept raining - a very light warm rain. Lightning had stopped, the water was great, so decided to just swim for a bit. Looked like a third storm was building out over the lake, very black again, yet sunny where I was. Two more boats came in. Both vacationers from out of state launching at the ramp and then heading for their summer camps to tie up at their own docks. The first guy looked at the ominous sky in the distance. I asked him where and how far he was going. He said just to Kettle Cove, which wasn't far, but the weather kept changing so rapidly he was a bit worried. I told him I thought he could make it, it looked like the storm was heading away from where he was ultimately going, even though he had to head towards it before rounding the point of the island which would then take him away from it. I wished him well as he sailed away and went back to my swimming. The water was just so nice and pleasant and warm. A second boat pulled in, quite a large one, and the young man had trouble getting it off the trailer. With him, his wife and me pushing we finally got it unloaded. I held the boat while he drove the truck back up the ramp and parked it. He said he was just going around the point, but this was the first time he had started the boat this season and he was not sure. His wife was driving the truck and trailer back to the camp and refused to leave until she knew everything was working properly. After a few minor adjustments he got the motor running and the wife left. He had a large boat and the water is shallow so I walked out with him beyond the end of the dock, telling him it remained shallow for a long ways and to watch his motor so that it didn't drag on the bottom. He thanked me and set off. I watched him go, it looked like he was having some problems with the engine and I was prepared to go out and haul him back when he got it restarted and things went smoothly from there. Might as well swim back. God, the water was great. Didn't want to come out, but all good things must end. Walked out glistening, my clothes plastered to me. Sat down on the edge of the dock and raised my legs up in the air to let the water in my boots flow down the legs of my jeans. As I was getting into the car my friend Peter pulled up. He had been at the lake all day, but retreated to his car when the storms hit. He knows I love to swim in my clothes and has no objections to it, although he always wears a bathing suit. He wanted to know if I had actually stayed out in the rain and I told him I had. He knows that I also assist the boaters, although he rarely does. He told me people are appreciative of the help I give them. As I told Peter, it gives me pleasure to help them while giving me an opportunity to get wet at the same time. I am practically a fixture there and while people do make comments on the fact I go in the water clothed they are all positive. Most people who go there on a regular basis know me and think nothing of it. Headed home wet, tired and happy. Looking forward to getting wet every day for the next two weeks one wy or another. I love vacations!

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> - Re: RAIN Jamie (and Chris) 14:17:48 7/24/2016 (2)
>   - Re: RAIN LevilovR 15:48:56 7/24/2016 (1)
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