Swim Lake del Valle

In terms of crazy thing to wake up early for on a Sunday morning, this has to be about one of the tamest things I've done in recent memory...

When the alarm went off a bit past 7:00, Joan and I got ready and headed off for Lake del Valle for a morning swim with some of the members of the Silicon Valley Triathlon Club. So, we found ourselves getting ready to swim a bit after 9:00.

Lake de Valle is quite a lovely little piece of water. Oddly enough, I'd never been there before for any reason. But it's most certainly a worthy place to swim, kayak/canoe, fish, hike, mountain bike, etc... The area is typical Diablo Range forest land (grassland and oak trees), and the water is beautiful. A bit covered in algae, but pretty clean.

We did a simple out and back swim along the east shore of the lake. And I certainly enjoyed every minute of it. We'll definitely be back, especially when we have more pressing training needs for open water swimming!

Here's a satellite view of the route. The start is at the boat rental/bait shop...