Our pal wasn’t aware that when the ice went out in March it had taken the bottom step on the old ladder with it.  He was unexpectedly down with no chance to ease into the frigid waters! I believe it’s easier to just leap off the end of the dock anyway, don’t you?

“Splash” © Cheryl Andrews

In this shot he was scrambling to get out of the lake even as he was falling into it.

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