Evanston, June 27, 2005

I was somewhat out of commision last week, having to work morinings and prepare for the 1500 pool race (I did quite well, thank you). Mike went to our Evanston beach on Monday and Friday, Monday he reports was barely swimmable. By Friday, with steady 90+ sunny days and some east winds he figured it would be good, but, in fact, he says it was not swimmable. Mike does not have a thermometer with him, but knowing him the water must have been below 58 to say that.

So it was with some reservations that we decided to try Evanston again today, but time considerations ruled out a longer trip to a traditionally warmer beach. We planned a halfway swim at best. Suprise, the water is all of a sudden 71! So we had to go all the way for our first complete Evanston swim of the season. The water was mostly clear, although there was a fishy smell near shore, and light waves even though there was a reasonable south breeze. We'll be back tomorrow!