Evanston, August 23

Cool and windy, a strong wind from the east or northeast. Waves were 2 feet near shore but about 4 feet further out, but with the wind they were not uniform and hard to swim in. Today was an out and back swim of about 20 minutes. Not real hard but not a nice ride back either. Water was 68 and air in the mid 60's, so a cold exit. But there were peaks of sun and we did warm up quickly. No 9AM Boot. Not wanting to re-enter the water we sat in the park outside the beach area for coffee. We expected a skeleton crew to simply protect the beach from swimmers, but a 4 man lifeguard crew showed up and the water was actually open.