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In "Dover Beach" the poet Mathew Arnold calls them the naked shingles of the world.
"Listen! you hear the grating roar
Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling,
At their return, up the high strand,
Begin, and cease, and then again begin,"
Almost every summer we spend the day (or two) in New Buffalo (less than 50 miles from Chicago city limits). Not this summer. No point since the water is so damn cold.
This is what the skyline looks like from New Buffalo
Btw, current water temps up a little today. Still a good 10F below normal for this time of year.
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LAKE MICHIGAN WATER TEMPERATURES...
CHICAGO SHORE...74. CHICAGO CRIB...70.
LAKE FOREST BEACH...70. WAUKEGAN BEACH...70.
OSTERMAN BEACH...71. MONTROSE BEACH...71.
OHIO STREET BEACH...71. 63RD STREET BEACH...71.
RAINBOW BEACH...M. CALUMET BEACH...72.
MICHIGAN CITY...62. MICHIGAN CITY BUOY...71.
SOUTH MID LAKE BUOY...67.
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THE MICHIGAN CITY WATER TEMPERATURE SENSOR IS LOCATED AT A WATER
INTAKE ONE MILE OFFSHORE AND 60 FEET BELOW WATER SURFACE. IT IS READ
EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR.
THE MICHIGAN CITY BUOY IS LOCATED FOUR MILES OFF SHORE AND MEASURES
THE WATER TEMPERATURE AT THE SURFACE. THE DATA IS AVAILABLE FROM
APRIL 1 TO NOVEMBER 1. THE DATA IS AVAILABLE AT: WWW.IISGCP.ORG/BUOYDATA/INDEX.HTML.
Toronto is located on the shore of Lake Ontario, one of the five Great Lakes. Lake Ontario is a very deep fresh water lake, about 400 metres at the deepest point, so it doesn't get very warm. As a matter of fact many of the downtown public buildings are cooled in summer by water drawn from the bottom of Lake Ontario, which stays at a temperature of 7 Celsius, year round. We call it free air conditioning, as the lake water is drawn in , piped to the shore, and circulated in the buildings, then it goes into the city water system.
Toronto has a number of public lakeshore swimming beaches, as well as over 100 public swimming pools, that are operated by the City of Toronto Parks department, and 98 splash pads for younger kids to get wet in.
The closest beach to me is Sunnyside, about four miles to the south of my home. on Lake Ontario. Todays high in Toronto will be 26 C, with a light breeze. The UV reading is 8 or high.
. The closest splash pad to me is about 60 metres away, in the park across from my home.
The closest pool is 300 metres away, at the local recreation centre, which has both a outdoor and a indoor pool, as well as a gymnasium and a seniors activity area. To the west of that building, there is a double rink ice skating facility, and beyond that a soccer field, with four pitches, and a cricket oval.
I really like when they shed their shells and you can eat them as soft shell crabs. You eat the whole thing, as opposed to when they are hard shell and you can only eat the meat.
Paddle Crabs. I set a pot about 20 metres offshore, and usually have enough for a cook-up on the beach, within about 10 mins. Or about half an hour before sunset, it's easy to just swim out and get them. Good fishing bait as well.
Here's a photo of a typical beach about 20 mins in the other direction. . I often have lunch at this lookout, if I'm working in the area. Pebble beaches, but grey coloured ones.
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Can you remember where you have been back then? This entrance fee is mostly called "Kur Taxe" so literally a spa tax but in my opinion it is misleading since you also have to pay even if you just want to enter the beach and don't use any spa facilities.
As far as i know there is only one resort at the Baltic Sea which doesn't take any entrance fees or spa taxes- Ostseebad Damp
As far as i know there are none at the North Sea coast, only some resorts don't take any fees during winter but really who wants to use the beach at little above freezing temps anyway?...
I think we were in Norddeich or somewhere near of it.It was a beautiful beach and scenery there. It happened so that we were there then it was a low tide there so we bathed in a pool.It was first time to see such a strong tides like they are on the coasts of Northern sea.We could not even see any water in the horizon I remember. On the coasts of Baltic tides are very weak and most of people don't notice even them.
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