Lake Michigan - 4th of July

[jmb]

I went to school at Great Lakes Navy Base, uh, back in 1977. Stationed there for a year. Way to cold in the winter. Had frost bite in my left ear that winter. -40 wind chill factor. Did try to swim at the Illinois State Park, it was cold water.

[deerfield]

Way to cold in the winter. Had frost bite in my left ear that winter. -40 wind chill factor. Did try to swim at the Illinois State Park, it was cold water.

Jack - That's exactly why the south is looking better and better. Pre-Moomba I was not interested in moving from Illinois. Now that we have the boat and the boys are pretty grown up, not so interested in staying in a high tax state with cold, cold winters. I can only imagine what it was like to spend a winter in training at Great Lakes. We may be swapping stories when we meet up later this month in Tuscaloosa. - Stuart