This came this morning -

Yesterday my husband Fella and I were out in our ski boat and came upon Michele Parker, who was talking to a swimmer out towards the middle of the big lake. She had just come through the narrows separating the 2^nd and third pond and started to speed up a little when she suddenly saw this swimmier, all by himself, no flag nor spotter around him. Actually he was very hard to spot unless you were right near him. She stopped to talk to him, at which point he gave her a little grief then continued swimming. We arrived on the scene and he said the same things to us. We all were concerned for his safety and watched him until he was finally on shore at a camp off Route 2. While we were watching him another boat came in between him and us and they never saw him at all.

This is a very dangerous practice and thought you might put something out there for swimmers. Thank you.

Love the blog – I read it every morning!!

Nancy S. Buttura

I certainly agree with Nancy. Even if there were no boats on the water, no one should swim alone. We teach our kids that at an early age. If they want to swim across the pond or in deep water they should ALWAYS have a boat alongside, and it's just not safe to swim too far from shore.

I'm sorry this person didn't understand you all were just concerned about his safety. You were absolutely right to caution him - it's good to know our community watches out for one another.

Thanks for e-mailing, Nancy.