On this particular hot summer day, there were no signs anyone had been to this spot all summer -- no footprints, no litter, no nothing.
It reminded me of a similar swing on the Ohio side of the river at old Lock and Dam 26 near Eureka (also known as Chambersburg). My older sisters used to go there to swim with a bunch of other teenagers. It's hard to think of those three sisters as teenagers -- they're all in their 60s now, and grandparents, but they were young once. I remember one of them was in the water and a boy decided to swing out and land on or near her. She held out her arm and fist. He landed on her fist with his face, breaking his nose in the process.
Why does no one use this swimming spot anymore? Perhaps it's because of swimming pools, or pollution, or the idea that the river is just too dangerous a place to swim in.
Maybe someday I'll see someone swimming here. But really, probably not.
2 comments:
Whats the actual location? This would be an interesting place to visit if still possible.
The mouth of Indian Guyan Creek, between Proctorville and Chesapeake, Ohio. The rope has been gone for two or three summers now, so the link to the swimming hole of the past is gone.
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