Better than Dolphins
Nice Father’s day swim today. I got to bed super late last night and slept in until 6:00. I’m out the door a little before 8:00 and plan to drive directly to my ex-wife’s house afterwards to pick up my kids and grab breakfast at the harbor. The weather is nice. It is mostly blue sky above my apartment, but it looks like there are lots of clouds out towards the water.
Sure enough when I get to the parking lot, it is pretty much back to June gloom but there are cracks in the clouds that bleed a bright silver light. There looks to be plenty of texture on the water but no chop and I can feel a noticable breeze in the air as I exit the car.
Just as I am making that last left from the walkway to the stairs, I see JJ Flowers. This woman is so cool. She lives across the street here and whenever I see her she is a delight to talk to. She tells me that the light is around me more so than I know and I just need to ask for guidance and say thank you in advance. She feels strongly that I will have a great swim and may even see dolphins. The world need more people like JJ and I just feel good as we part ways and I start down the stairs.
Half way down the stairs I see the group of Sunday swimmers returning from their swim and they tell me that I am going to love the water and it was great. Then as I walk by the Niguel Shores parking lot entrance, another swimmer yells over to me and says the water was great and getting warmer.
By now I am totally amped for a variety of reasons. I’ve just passed several people who have basically told me that the swim is going to be great. I also feel so connected to this place. I absolutely love that this has become a second home to me where I can randomly bump into friendly people who know who I am and send such positive vibes. Life is feeling pretty darn good right now.
I’m wondering about the comment about the warming water. The Capistrano buoy read 63 this morning. That is by no means super cold but it is not what I would call “warming.” Then again who knows? That buoy says 63 another in Camp Pendleton says 67 and God only knows what it is actually going to feel like here.
I get to the beach and let the water run over my feet. Not bad but maybe cooler than Friday. I get in the water and it certainly feels nice enough. I feel good. Surf looks to be down a notch too. I swim south today and it looks like the visibility under the water has improved slightly but is still not great.
Based on my conversation with JJ, I am keeping an eye out for dolphins, but I’m not seeing any. Still, she may have seen dolphins on my swim in my future but I am wondering if that’s all just symbolic for something else. JJ doesn’t really know what is going on in my life right now and I feel like I have been in heavily dolphin infested waters the last few days. I’m thinking of a dolphin right now (and on the swim) who has two legs and a big heart and is letting me come up close.
Honestly the swim itself is not incredible. Of course it’s not at all bad either. It is great but not necessarily remarkable. However my path over the course of these last couple days has been amazing. It definitely resembles a good up close dolphin siting on a swim except it is much much better and I can only wonder what is next.
