Pond swimming
I'm planning on snorkeling in Ward's Pond in a little while. You have seen Ward's Pond here before. The link above leads to posts tagged "ward's pond," but a great many other posts have pictures taken there--basically, anything with pond life in it.
I'm a little nervous. I don't really like to swim, but I love to wade. I wade in Ward's Pond every chance I get. I can swim fine with fins on, and the pond is supposedly only 4 feet deep. I'm worried I'll get in there and scare myself peering into the murk. There's nothing dangerous there, in terms of animal life, but the imagination is more powerful than reason. I want to take Charlie with me, but will it be a problem supervising him (off-leash, a no-no, but one I can live with) while I'm snorkeling? Will his swimming make the water so cloudy that I won't see anything at all? Can I leave my bike on the shore and not be constantly worrying that someone steal it? Will some fisherman show up and cast a line onto me?
Here's a serious question: Is there some kind of waterproof wrapper I can put my digital camera in to get some underwater pictures? I could just buy an underwater disposable, but then I'd be stuck with paper photographs that I'd have to scan, and store, and they aren't vegetarian anyway. (That's not really a major concern, I just thought I'd mention it.)
Has anyone on the list done any fresh water snorkeling? Urban fresh water snorkeling? What's it like?
EDITED TO ADD: More helpful links!
Cottonmanifesto's posts about Ward's Pond
Charlie Swimming, me wading
Charlie Swimming
Video of Charlie Swimming
I'm a little nervous. I don't really like to swim, but I love to wade. I wade in Ward's Pond every chance I get. I can swim fine with fins on, and the pond is supposedly only 4 feet deep. I'm worried I'll get in there and scare myself peering into the murk. There's nothing dangerous there, in terms of animal life, but the imagination is more powerful than reason. I want to take Charlie with me, but will it be a problem supervising him (off-leash, a no-no, but one I can live with) while I'm snorkeling? Will his swimming make the water so cloudy that I won't see anything at all? Can I leave my bike on the shore and not be constantly worrying that someone steal it? Will some fisherman show up and cast a line onto me?
Here's a serious question: Is there some kind of waterproof wrapper I can put my digital camera in to get some underwater pictures? I could just buy an underwater disposable, but then I'd be stuck with paper photographs that I'd have to scan, and store, and they aren't vegetarian anyway. (That's not really a major concern, I just thought I'd mention it.)
Has anyone on the list done any fresh water snorkeling? Urban fresh water snorkeling? What's it like?
EDITED TO ADD: More helpful links!
Cottonmanifesto's posts about Ward's Pond
Charlie Swimming, me wading
Charlie Swimming
Video of Charlie Swimming