Freezin' for a Reason

Freezin’ for a Reason

Posted by GSDispatch Editor in Community, GSD Online, source: LEES SUMMIT JOURNAL

It wasn’t that cold. Or maybe now that it is over, that’s just what I am telling myself.

The sixth annual Polar Plunge at Longview Lake was a success. More than 1,000 plungers participated raising several hundred thousand dollars for Special Olympics athletes in the Kansas City area.

But to tell you the truth, I was dreading it. I was OK all last week. Sure I knew it would be chilly, but I think I was hoping Jan. 30 would be one of those abnormally mild January days.

Then Friday hit — along with the snow and wind and temperatures in the single digits. That got me worried. But really it wasn’t bad at all, or at least it could have been worse.

The sun was out and the wind wasn’t blowing. Sure, there was snow on the ground, but most of that melted away by the end of the day.

I was the first group of plungers, scheduled to go at about 12:15 p.m.

That was lucky for me, that way I didn’t have time to watch other plungers come out of the water dripping wet and shivering.

Really, I had no idea what to expect…