Sask. woman celebrates 51st birthday by plunging into 51 provincial lakes
CBC
Some people find it tough to dedicate time to relaxing on the beach. Others make the time to splash around in dozens of Saskatchewan lakes for fun.
Lara Guerrero from Saskatoon chose the latter. She marked the summer of her 51st birthday by exploring 51 of the nearly 100,000 lakes in the province.
Host Stefani Langenegger asked Guerrero why during CBC's Morning Edition on Monday.
"Well, I like being 51 and I like swimming in lakes," Guerrero said. "So, I thought, what a great way to celebrate that."
Over about four months — from her first frigid swim into Pike Lake on June 1 to her last dip in Sturgeon Lake on Sept. 26 — Guerrero's adventures stretched across the province.
She and her partner explored two national parks, 24 provincial parks and five regional parks. In one day at Makwa Lake Provincial Park and Meadow Lake Provincial Park, she managed to float around in 14 lakes.
Guerrero said Saskatchewan has a bad reputation as a boring province. It might be flat and featureless within eyeshot of the highway, but there's more to it than that, she said.
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