Lost in Meech Lake...

This incident is a bit embarrassing but definitely funny. Today my friend and I managed to get lost in Meech Lake. We were swimming with a big group of ppl or rather we started out with them. We went in a direction where I hadn't swum before. At the second beach there is actually a second island far out in the distance. Nevertheless, the instructions and directions seemed straightforward. I have to admit that I was not sighting at all. I was completely absorbed with keeping up with the high turnover stroke of my friend. At one point I actually thought, "isn't it nice to not have to sight for a change..." Lesson: Always sight! Anyway, at one point we stopped because all we could see were trees and there appeared to be no connection to the beach anywhere. It was extremely misty. A beautiful peaceful sunny morning actually and I have to say I didn't mind being lost for a while. I knew we would eventually find our way back. It was nice to be completely surrounded by nature. So we stopped for a while to see if we could see any other swimmers. We saw no one. After we had tried a few directions we eventually found our way back. So I ended up doing an extra long continuous swim this morning. Then directly to the track for a hard running workout.