Not an Appropriate Way to Cool Off

Yesterday, we inquired how all of you had stayed cool over the blazing weather this weekend in the Pacific Northwest. Thankfully, none of you submitted the following idea, which was enacted by two Portland 20-somethings.

It does sound like a lovely idea right now, though, as we sit in our stifling home: Portland police arrested a couple in their 20s early Saturday morning for skinny-dipping in the Mount Tabor Reservoir. Both were cited for trespassing before being released. Water Bureau officials in Oregon say that the couple was not swimming in an active section of the reservoir. If they had been, they would have had to dump millions of gallons of contaminated water. Had this been the case, we imagine we wouldn't have heard about it and no one would have been the wiser.

This story will likely steer us away from trying to dip our toes into local reservoirs. But, if we have another week of heat like this weekend, we might just be tempted.

The no longer tempting Volunteer Park Reservoir courtesy of Seattlest Flickr contributor prima sediva