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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 11:49 PM
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What Great Lakes have you dipped your toes into??
Edited on Tue Feb-08-05 11:49 PM by SmileyBoy
I've done Superior, Michigan and Huron. I've also seen the other two, but didn't go into them. I don't think I'd want to swim in Lake Erie anyway.
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 11:52 PM
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1. I've been to Lake Erie
The fury of the Great Lakes never ceases to amaze me.
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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 11:52 PM
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2. Huron, Michigan, Erie and Ontario
Haven't gotten to Superior yet. Maybe thats where our next camping trip will be.
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amandabeech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 11:56 PM
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3. Superior (U.S. side), Michigan (both sides and all over the place--
I grew up very near it), Huron (both sides), Erie(dipped toes in U.S. side and seen from road on Canadian Side) and Ontario (in boat on Canadian side and dipped toes in U.S. side). Some Vermont legislators consider Lake Champlain to be a Great Lake, and I've waded in that, too.

Also, Georgian Bay, Big Bay Denoc, Little Bay Denoc, Whitefish Bay, Grand Traverse Bay (East Bay) and Little Grand Traverse Bay.
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tokenlib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 11:56 PM
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4. How long can you keep your toes in Superior?
Now that is another interesting question :)

Superior, Huron, and Michigan.
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amandabeech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 12:18 AM
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8. Five minutes in past the ankles as a kid near Ontonagan, MI.
My Dad loved to vacation in the Upper Peninsula, but I never managed to submerge myself.

One interesting result of Global Warming may be the ability to realize my lifelong dream of actually *swimming* in Lake Superior.

It wouldn't be worth it, of course.
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semillama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 10:59 AM
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14. I used to swim all the time as a kid in superior
Once you're in, it's not that bad. In certain areas during hot summers, it can even be warm.

The best time was running out of a 210-degree sauna and jumping into the lake in early april, with ice still floating in it. Talk about a crazy high! Getting out and back to the sauna was painful though.
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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 12:15 AM
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5. In order of frequency of submersion:
Michigan, Superior, Erie, Ontario. But never Huron.
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Liberal In Texas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 12:15 AM
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6. Michigan and Superior.
When I was a mere lad, Lake Michigan was just across the street.

I've seen the other 3, but that's it.

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amandabeech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 12:20 AM
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10. Would you care to disclose the location?
I grew up 10 miles off the Lake near Little Pointe Sauble, Silver Lake Sand Dunes and the village of Pentwater.
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 12:18 AM
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7. Michigan and Superior.
:hi:
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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 12:19 AM
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9. All of them
Course living in Michigan makes most of them a bit more accessible.
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PittPoliSci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 12:30 AM
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11. just Erie.
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mohinoaklawnillinois Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 12:34 AM
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12. Just Michigan, but I've seen the other four. n/t
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 12:36 AM
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13. Erie, Ontario, Michigan and Huron
Never even been close to Superior
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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 11:19 AM
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15. None - and why aren't they called inland seas anyway
What's the difference between a lake and an inland sea anyway?

Every time I fly into Chicago, I always think "that's no lake". Then again, you can swim across the lakes I'm familiar with (Poconos)
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 11:22 AM
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19. The great lakes are fresh water
I think that is the distinction between a lake and an inland sea, of course that rule is out the window with the Great Salt Lake!
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DelawareValleyDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 11:20 AM
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16. Does Whitefish Bay count?
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 11:21 AM
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17. Superior and Michigan
and boy is that water C-C-C-C-old!
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 11:21 AM
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18. that's enough about Lake Erie, thank you :P
i grew up two miles from there, and swam in the lake almost daily every summer until i was 18 (i guess that could explain a lot). on calm days, we could see the bottom at 20 feet (according to my friend's fishfinder). not bad for how it was in the 70's (from what my parents have told me).
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Susang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 11:23 AM
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20. Every single one of them
I've even swam in Lake Erie in the eighties, that's how much of of a risk taker I am! }(
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Goathead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 11:24 AM
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21. Lake Superior at Isle Royale
I waded in a little bit, but I didn't go swimming, aren't they all polluted?
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Scout Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 11:25 AM
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22. I love Isle Royale!
I don't think Superior is very polluted ... unless you stir up all the sediments in the bottom (we were told by park service).
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Strawman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 11:40 AM
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23. All of them
But I live in MI. I've swam in all of them too except Lake Superior. Only dipped my toes in a couple times and it was a little too cold for swimming whenever I've been there.
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