Open ocean
For some time now and since I moved here I've been taking advantage of the beautiful lagoons nearby. Its calm waters make it the perfect spot to swim laps and for me to get in a good swim work out in the morning before I 'm off to work. I'm not the only one. In fact, I've made a few friends with a group of locals who do the same thing, mostly retired men whom I fondly call the shark club. A few years ago, one of these men took it upon himself to set up a line of rocks along the floor of the lagoon traversing from one end of the lagoon to the other. This serves as our lane marker so we know to swim in a counter clock wise fashion that prevents us all from crashing into each other. I usually do these swims in the summer months when the sun rises earlier because it allows me to swim early enough before work with some day light. I head out about 530 just before the sun comes up. Sometimes I'm the first one there, but m...