It’s like being in the worlds biggest toilet. The smell is wretched, putrid sewage fills your nose, cigarette butts float past you, broken glass bottles tickle your feet, and down below is someone’s old tire. You can’t even see the fish (if there is any), due to all the industrial waste and black sludge in the water. I was warned that if I went in I might come out with a tail. Yet, I swam anyway, doing breast strokes against a wave of used condoms. Lake Ontario, the filthiest lake in all of Canada. In most parts around the lake there are actually signs that say’ "swim at own risk. Polluted waters." And that’s just what I did.

Yesterday, was hot and I hadn’t gone swimming yet all summer, I needed to take a dip, and I just couldn’t take it anymore, E. coli bacteria or not I needed some relief. So Brendan and I headed to the islands where the water is ‘safest’ to swim in and the E. coli levels are at their lowest. I was terrified about putting my head underneath the water as my friend Jen did that about a week and a half ago and has been suffering from an ear infection, (one that feels like theirs a giant angry pus ball inside her ear), ever since, as well I didn’t want swallow any of the "city’s soup". So I floated, and was quite relieved when I got out of the lake that all my skin was intact, the lake water with all it’s chemicals didn’t erode any parts of my body.

With all exaggerations aside, it was actually fun. Brendan and I had the whole beach to ourselves meaning, ‘Make out Maddness’! It was romantical, garbage aside. We had a great time, but I think next time if I want to go swimming I’ll go to a pool, or Wild Water Kingdom (which I’m going to next weekend. YAY!).

I got ur message in my journal. Im pretty busy with work and life...yes...for once i have a life LOL!

Oh yeah...Im in in your party! This is gonna be fun! Im looking forward for this! See yah there!

I enjoy your writing too Wendy. I can’t believe you went in the water… there is no why I would even set foot in it, I wound even do the BC shores anymore. The last time I went in I got such a lung full of Pacific Ocean that I was sketchy for two days after. Hope you were able to take a good shower after, I hear a lot of Toronto’s sewage in still pumped into the lake. But then again one mustn’t be too paranoid, I mean the air can be just a bad sometimes.

That sounds like Bondi Beach after a bout of heavy rain (too much for the drains...)

k, i'm definately glad i'm from a small city in mostly-rural-and-not-so-terribly-polluted alberta. hope you don't suffer any ill effects.

Hmmmm the Bow has its problems but nothing that bad. And at least its fast moving so the garbage passes quickly.... ;-)

Thake care and thanks for stoppin in!