More of a Christian than I. Back in the early 1070s I lived and worked in Chicago. I often rode my bicycle along the Lake Michigan lake front on the near north side. Sometimes In thought of what I’d do if confronted by a potential mugger. Since most of such types were terrible swimmers, my theoretical solution was to grab the mugger, drag the both of us into a deep spot, if close by, and drown him. Other than that, I’d jump into the lake and challenge him to follow me in the hope I’d be able to grab him and drown him. Fortunately, nothing like that ever happened.
OMG!! I just marked myself as being more than 900 years old. Correct “1070s” to “1970s,”
You think like I do.
The 1070’s was a rocking time to be a Norman in southern England.
Are you part raccoon?
Doesn't look a day over 800.
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1000–1780: Plains Village period on Great Plains, from North Dakota to Texas[2]
1070: Great Serpent Mound built in Ohio.[8]
1100: Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon reaches apex in size at 800 rooms[9]
1100: Hohokam culture reaches apex in present-day Arizona[9]
Scandinavians briefly settled Vinland (likely l’Anse aux Meadows on the Canadian Maritime island of Newfoundland) early in the century and perhaps ventured as far south as New England.
The Thule people began absorbing the old Dorset culture in Arctic Alaska.
900–1150: Pueblo II Era in the American Southwest[10]
1000–1200: Early Mississippian culture in the Eastern Woodlands[11]
1000–1200: Acoma Pueblo and Old Oraibi are established, and become the oldest continuously inhabited communities in the United States[12][13][14]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_North_American_prehistory
If that was your plan I hope you kept a close eye on Lake Temperature.
A good portion of the year you would probably kill both of you from hypothermia.
Lake Michigan is cold in August