city living, of a sort

[moominmolly]

Going on an impromptu run to Walden for midnight skinny-dipping with aroraborealis: brilliant.

Running in to 20 people who'd had the same idea, and discovering we knew them: probably more surprising than it should have been.

Water: warm and relaxing. Weather: pleasant at night. Molly: happy.

Comments

[cutieperson]

i vote for midnight runs to Spy Pond. cause, uh, i can actually get in there without hiking.

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

I do still want to try that! However, aroraborealis had never been to Walden, and it seemed a shame.

[cutieperson]

that would seem a shame, yes. i've been there a bunch, though never at night :)

[aroraborealis.livejournal.com]

Well, I'd been, but not at night, which was, in fact, quite different.

Spy Pond is the one in Arlington, right? I'd like to do that sometime, too, but I'd also like to go back to Walden, especially on a night with fewer people out there, or when it's not a school night so we can stay later. Because there's something about being out of the city... but for you, yeah, Walden at night is clearly not the way to go.

[cutieperson]

perhaps after my knee is fixed i'll be able to handle Walden at night. which means next summer...

Spy Pond is the one in Arlington. i rather like how uncrowded it is during the day, which is not at all like Walden during the day.

[laura47.livejournal.com]

i would personally be a bit more nervous about going there, because it is surrounded by houses. it feels much easier to avoid the cops when we're so far from the road at walden.

[cutieperson]

i've been told the cops don't patrol there because those roads are so secluded... and this is from a rather, uh, rowdy bunch who goes there late at night quite often. i highly doubt a smaller group of quieter people will have any notice taken of them.

[laura47.livejournal.com]

how rowdy is rowdy? i am not little miss quiet, myself.

[dancingwolfgrrl.livejournal.com]

Where's the boat ramp? I walked by where I thought you said it was the other day, but I didn't see it.

Also, I must find my water shoes.

[cutieperson]

if you go down Pond St. it sort of dead ends into a parking lot. the boat ramp & a park are to the left of the lot. however, i recommend walking a little further to the left and getting into the water by going down any of the little stone step areas; the ground's easier to walk on & less slimy than the ramp.

[dancingwolfgrrl.livejournal.com]

Ew, slimy. Must find those shoes :)

[aroraborealis.livejournal.com]

It's not skinny dipping if you have shoes on ;)

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

Shoes are totally cheating. I suppose you could have almost as much fun going mostly-naked-cheater-swimming, though. :)

[cutieperson]

you can!

[dancingwolfgrrl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but slimy pondweed is the anti-sexy. And leeches? Ew.

But clearly, we need a Walden expedition for take-it-all-off skinny dipping ;)

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'll grant you the grossness of leeches.

[aroraborealis.livejournal.com]

Leeches are awful, it's true.

[dancingwolfgrrl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm standing firm in my "total nudity only at actual beaches or places where you never have to touch the bottom" position. But there are plenty of those around here! I'm also curious about the Mystic Lake beach in (I think) Medford. (It's on the Mystic Valley Parkway between Route 16 and Route 60.)