I grew up swimming in lakes so dark you couldn't see your hands under the water .... biiiiiiiiiiiiiiig, massive lakes. When I was little I used to stand on the dock, staring down and wondering what could be lurking in there. But I swam anyway 'cause everyone else was Few years back when I was home for a visit I let my brother convince me to ride one of those inflatable rocket things behind his power boat, up at the cottage. He said he was going about 45mph when I finally flew off it. I remember, as I flew through the air, at that second before I hit the surface and plunged way down, thinking