How do we plan to swim in all five Great Lakes in one day?

From the westernmost point of Lake Superior to the easternmost point of Lake Ontario is nearly 800 miles.  Clearly, we will not be swimming across all of them.  The plan is simply to swim IN each of them.

The Swim:

We've defined the term "swim" to mean hopping in, going under, and "Bobbing around" (my Dad's name is Bob) for some ambiguous period of time to be determined by the water temperature and our schedule.

The Trip:

We'll need to do five swims between sunrise of day one and sunrise of day two.  We will travel from lake to lake, visiting and documenting our adventure along the way.

It will involve a bit of driving.

1. Lake Superior:

The plan currently calls for an overnight somewhere near Brimley, Michigan.  That's on Whitefish Bay, on the eastern end of Superior.  The adventure begins at about 6:00AM, as we hit the surf at sunrise and go for our first swim.  Then we will head down to the Straits of Mackinac, approximately 60 miles away.

2. & 3.  Lake Michigan and Lake Huron:

Technically, the two lakes are a single lake connected by the Straits.  We still intend to swim both of them, though.  There are available sites for swimming both of these lakes, within minutes of each other.  Specifically, we are considering Wilderness State Park on the Michigan side, and Edgewater Beach in Mackinaw City on the Huron side.

4.  Lake Erie:

We will head down U.S. 75 towards Toledo, Ohio, and then spend the afternoon traveling the southern shore of Lake Erie.  There are many beaches and parks throughout that region, but my family is partial to Edgewater Park in downtown Cleveland or Mentor Headlands beach in Fairport Harbor, Ohio.  We may need to consider the time of day when choosing our Erie location, as many beaches close at sunset.  Road time from Brimley, Michigan to Fairport Harbor, Ohio is about eight-and-a-half hours.  Combined with detours for swimming, eating, and stretching, and it could be close to sunset before we get to Northeast Ohio.

5.  Lake Ontario.

One of the seeds that started this adventure was my nagging desire to swim in Lake Ontario, the only Great Lake I haven't already visited.  We will spend a few hours of our first evening traveling to western Lake Ontario, somewhere between Buffalo and Rochester.  There are a few parks with campgrounds and beaches that we may target.  Niagara Shores Park, in Niagara-on-the-Lake, is an attractive target, and further east is Hamlin State Park.  After a short night, we will awaken around 5:30AM...

Pop into the Speedos...

At approximately 5:45, as the sun rises over Lake Ontario, we will step in and complete the adventure!