Evanston, July 18

This is the time of season that one has reasonably reliable swimmable conditions. Today the water was 75 with a strong southwest wind. Only windwaves in our swim area. We figured an easy swim out but a hard swim back. But by the time we turned around the wind died down so back wasn't so bad either. The beach was hot and Mike's wife joined us, somewhat, but not completely unexpectedly. We spent much of our beach time wading in the recently expanded official swimming area. The briefcase was not willing to chase us into the water and left us alone to stay until we were ready to leave.