[Opinion] Sean of the South | Swimmers of Lake Martin - The Observer

Sean of the South | Swimmers of Lake Martin - The Observer

OPINION — Lake Martin shimmers beneath a heavy midday sun. I am sitting on a dock.There are distant sounds of splashing. Kids laughing. All the children are swimming. All their respective adults are sitting ashore, dry. As adults often are.There is nothing like July on the lake.A boater comes speeding by, towing several middle-aged men on a water tube. The tube men are all yelling gaily, shouting two of the seven major American swear words.The w…