McHenry County Blog

What a surprise.

In Sunday’s Chicago Sun-Times, there is a list of places where 2016 Olympic events could be held.

Guess what?

Crystal Lake is not one of them.

The Sun-Times says it will be “in a new basin just south of McCormick Place.”

...in other Olympic host cities, rowing is typically done at venues far from the main hub of activity.

It was obvious that the Gay Games regatta was not of Olympic quality.

Fun, if you like really slow events, but more resembling intramurals than anything else.

In a previous article, the Sun-Times placed the rowing event in the Saganashee Slough, west of Palos Hills.

So, the ridiculous suggestion that Crystal Lake be lengthened to accommodate the distance required by Olympic events can be entered in the local version of Ripley’s “Believe It or NOT.”