Polar Plunge

This past weekend was the annual Polar Bear Plunge at Rehoboth Beach, DE.

The event was postponed from last month due to - snow.

It seems that while thousands of people (2,323 to be exact) are willing to strip down to swimsuits and run into frigid water, they're not willing to drive in blizzard conditions to do it.

Which is reassuring to me - it means these folks still have some sanity left.

Temperatures this weekend were downright balmy compared to the low 20's of a few weeks ago. In fact, with the water at 42 degrees and the air at 48, some long time plungers felt this year's event hardly qualified as polar.

Well, so much for the remaining sanity.

My arms have broken out in goosebumps just writing about this. I've got to go wrap up in something warm.

Before I go... the Polar Plunge is for a good cause, raising money for the Special Olympics.
This year's plunge raised over half a million dollars.

For that, all of the folks who took part deserve a round of applause.