Evanston, September 1

Today we try Lighthouse beach, the famous but somewhat hidden beach at the north end of town. The wind from the last two days has died down and the water is almost flat except for very long low swells which are only visible through the small breakers that occur by the shore. The main legacy of the storm is that the water, which was almost clear two days ago is now very cloudy, one cannot even see ones hands and feet in the water. At this beach there is a close wall but no far wall, there is, however Wilmette Harbor and the output of the former sewage canal. On the side are a row of extremely nice houses and the Bahai Temple. We didn't make it all the way to the end but did what we calculate by the time to be our usual distance swim. The water is still a very pleasant 72. The same guard who appeared at the other beach last time appeared here at 10:15, but without a briefcase to keep him company, to try and keep us out of the water. But he didn't kick us off the beach so we had a pleasant hour to enjoy the sun emerging from behind the clouds. The beach merges with private, but today vacant, beaches to the north and those patrons who wished to swim simply slipped over there out of sight of the guard who had parked himself at the entrance gate.