Three rabbits decided to travel up to The Mitten -
With the Swim to the Moon* race they were smitten!
Two traveled by car and one by plane…
Fact that nobody traveled by train.
The three had a brief encounter at packet pick up -
Was it a pretty easy process? Yup!
Met up later for an Italian meal -
Sitting outside with Tim’s family was ideal!
First, on Friday BBun traveled to PA
Was she going to Stilt’s house? Definitely!
On Saturday they headed out this time in Stilt’s automobile
BBun giving up driving duties seemed ideal!
Headed straight to the packet pickup place
Happy to see STUR and Tim in this case
Then they walked down to see the 10k turnaround point
Things were about to go down in this joint!
Headed to check in to their hotel
And getting the lay of the land was pretty swell
After the meet up with Tim’s family
Did a quick drive by The Big House you see
Always hoping for a good night’s rest
BBun was pretty nervous she did confess
Saturday morning they lined up with Dan from L4
He had swum a lot longer races, for sure
Christy was there to do the 5K
And Stilt was in for the half mile, by the way
STUR and BBun casually walked into the lake
Since it was being timed by chip for goodness’ sake
BBun felt like the creature from the black lagoon
That is part of swimming to the moon!
The lakes got a little low in places where they connected
And there were grasses and such with which to be subjected
STUR smacked her hand on the inside of the tunnel -
She might have said a bad word before out of it she did funnel
STUR’s hands remained cold throughout the swim -
At least they never turned white or grim.
As STUR and BBun approached the 10k turn around
Would you believe there was a guy dragging an inner tube with flags - it did astound!
BBun saw the unicorn float only on the way out
STUR saw it both times, no doubt
Meanwhile, back on the Halfmoon Lake Shore,
There might have been some napping going on – don’t snore!
Stilt was doing her first open water swim
Doing it on 6 weeks of training for the win!
Her group was the last to go in the lake water
Helped an older gentleman with his timing chip - he could've been her father!
The cold water was at first a bit of a shock
But she adapted quickly - you know that she rocks!
The half mile turn around was at the big yellow duck
Stilt touched it before she turned around for luck!
Her mission was to beat two particular guys
She kept her head down and did it - no surprise!
The 2023 Swim to the Moon was a swimming success
BBun was happy to check it off her race bucket list
After Stilt and BBun cleaned up
They headed to Washington Twp
They were there to hang out with BBun’s B-F-F
That would be RBug – she and her husband were our chefs!
They cooked us a really great dinner
And we relaxed and hung out – it was a winner.
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*The Swim to the Moon is "an extraordinary open water swimming adventure through the picturesque Hiland Chain of Lakes near Hell, Michigan."
