Major bodies of water you have swum in? - Page 2

oldgoldy97 · 07-02-2024, 08:53 AM

Caribbean
Gulf of Mexico

Next year will add the Mediterranean

IndySportsCards · 07-02-2024, 09:13 AM

Was almost washed away to the sea in the Gulf of Mexico. I had a homemade raft I made out of Styrofoam that I used to go crabbing/fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, but one storm almost pulled me out into the sea but I was able to hop overboard and kick like a madman and get that sucker back to shore. Never went out in it again after that, pretty scary for an 11 year old kid. I know right? WHERE WERE MY PARENTS?!! They were at work. Us Latch Key kids did some crazy stuff.

TheFrenzy · 07-02-2024, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by IndySportsCards

Was almost washed away to the sea in the Gulf of Mexico. I had a homemade raft I made out of Styrofoam that I used to go crabbing/fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, but one storm almost pulled me out into the sea but I was able to hop overboard and kick like a madman and get that sucker back to shore. Never went out in it again after that, pretty scary for an 11 year old kid. I know right? WHERE WERE MY PARENTS?!! They were at work. Us Latch Key kids did some crazy stuff.

So many bored kids have met their end in the Gulf.

My college buddy liked to tell the story of how he and a friend back in Houston once decided they were going to swim out to one of the buoys. Turns out the buoy in the distance was A LOT farther out than they realized and they would have drowned if the coast guard hadn't come by to pick them up.

nyisle · 07-03-2024, 08:43 AM

also the Caribbean and Milford Sound

oldgoldy97 · 07-03-2024, 09:14 AM

Great Salt Lake.

TheFrenzy · 07-03-2024, 09:23 AM

Kind of interesting that the two Phoenix guys are the ones who have taken a dip in the Dead Sea.

nyisle · 07-03-2024, 09:46 AM

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Kind of interesting that the two Phoenix guys are the ones who have taken a dip in the Dead Sea.

to be fair, i did go when i was 13 and living in NY, so.... lol

TheFrenzy · 07-03-2024, 10:01 AM

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to be fair, i did go when i was 13 and living in NY, so.... lol

I was 20 and living in Missouri.

Maybe all that salt and heat changed us subconsciously. (I've actually still got a scar on my wrist where I suffered a nasty cut on the giant salt crystals coming back to shore.)

JustRachel · 07-03-2024, 10:04 AM

Does it count if I only went in knee-deep?

nyisle · 07-03-2024, 11:10 AM

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Does it count if I only went in knee-deep?

I say yes... you were in the salt, i mean water.

TheFrenzy · 07-03-2024, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by JustRachel

Does it count if I only went in knee-deep?

For most activities, knee-deep is plenty.

JustRachel · 07-03-2024, 11:39 AM

Sharks freak me out. I know they don't usually attack people but ever since one nipped on my kayak paddle and chased me for like a quarter mile, I haven't wanted to swim in the ocean.

Knee-deep is all I'm willing to do.

nyisle · 07-10-2024, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by JustRachel

Sharks freak me out. I know they don't usually attack people but ever since one nipped on my kayak paddle and chased me for like a quarter mile, I haven't wanted to swim in the ocean.

Knee-deep is all I'm willing to do.

Sounds like my daughter... read books and books on sharks, but now all of a sudden won't go in the water. We could barely get in her past her ankles when we were in Costa Rica, she is 11 now... put her in a pool or lake and she wont ever come out.

Stifle · 07-10-2024, 02:28 PM

Was also in Gulf of Mexico and I know I went down the Rhine River in Germany. Forgot if I went into the Rhine.

jlzinck · 07-10-2024, 02:37 PM

Atlantic,
Eastern and Western shores of Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Alaska

r0yals2012 · 07-11-2024, 01:50 AM

I've been in the Pacific Ocean (Santa Monica, La Jolla, Oceanside, Laguna) and the Gulf of Mexico (Madeira Beach in FL/John's Pass area), and the Atlantic Ocean (Miami). I liked Madeira Beach the best

eastbayak · 07-11-2024, 12:42 PM

Pacific
Atlantic
Amazon

View Poll Results: H20 & U
Arctic Ocean	0	0%
Atlantic Ocean	28	82.35%
Indian Ocean	2	5.88%
Pacific Ocean	24	70.59%
The Great Lakes	15	44.12%
The Mississippi River	2	5.88%
The Amazon River	2	5.88%
Mediterranean Sea	5	14.71%
Dead Sea	2	5.88%
Other (name in thread)	11	32.35%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 34. You may not vote on this poll

07-02-2024, 08:53 AM	#26
oldgoldy97 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 52,359	Caribbean Gulf of Mexico Next year will add the Mediterranean __________________ Truly riveting discussion: that’s what your wife/girlfriend/sheep said.

07-02-2024, 09:13 AM	#27
IndySportsCards Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: EO 13848 Posts: 42,013 braco0 IndySportsCards	Was almost washed away to the sea in the Gulf of Mexico. I had a homemade raft I made out of Styrofoam that I used to go crabbing/fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, but one storm almost pulled me out into the sea but I was able to hop overboard and kick like a madman and get that sucker back to shore. Never went out in it again after that, pretty scary for an 11 year old kid. I know right? WHERE WERE MY PARENTS?!! They were at work. Us Latch Key kids did some crazy stuff. __________________ Most people would rather be in the majority, than be right.

07-03-2024, 09:14 AM	#30
oldgoldy97 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 52,359	Great Salt Lake. __________________ Truly riveting discussion: that’s what your wife/girlfriend/sheep said.

07-10-2024, 02:37 PM	#40
jlzinck Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Cape Cod, MA Posts: 36,170 jlzinck jl_zinck	Atlantic, Eastern and Western shores of Gulf of Mexico Gulf of Alaska __________________ https://www.youtube.com/user/jonzinck

07-03-2024, 08:43 AM	#29
nyisle Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Phoenix Posts: 1,930 nyisle nyisle	also the Caribbean and Milford Sound

07-03-2024, 09:23 AM	#31
TheFrenzy Banned Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Texan in AZ Posts: 44,115	Kind of interesting that the two Phoenix guys are the ones who have taken a dip in the Dead Sea.

07-03-2024, 10:04 AM	#34
JustRachel Member Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 5,663	Does it count if I only went in knee-deep?

07-03-2024, 11:39 AM	#37
JustRachel Member Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 5,663	Sharks freak me out. I know they don't usually attack people but ever since one nipped on my kayak paddle and chased me for like a quarter mile, I haven't wanted to swim in the ocean. Knee-deep is all I'm willing to do.

07-10-2024, 02:28 PM	#39
Stifle Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: I've met great collectors throughout MI and N. Indiana / CHI. Posts: 9,503 Stifle	Was also in Gulf of Mexico and I know I went down the Rhine River in Germany. Forgot if I went into the Rhine.

07-11-2024, 01:50 AM	#41
r0yals2012 Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 7,675	I've been in the Pacific Ocean (Santa Monica, La Jolla, Oceanside, Laguna) and the Gulf of Mexico (Madeira Beach in FL/John's Pass area), and the Atlantic Ocean (Miami). I liked Madeira Beach the best __________________ I love autographs with Bible Verse inscriptions Girls Can Collect Cards Too! Royals, Wichita Wind Surge Twitter-@doublehcards @aacentralphotos-MiLB Photos Waymaker Miracle Worker Promise Keeper My God That is Who You Are

07-11-2024, 12:42 PM	#42
eastbayak Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 16,646 eastbayak	Pacific Atlantic Amazon