Ohio Street, September 30

Follow the sun! The sun is in the south now and since it was cold in Evanston earlier this week we decided to follow the sun south, all the way to Ohio Street. Mike was still hurting from the cold of our last swim so Ken and I got on our bikes and rode down the lakeshore from Irving Park to Ohio Street. Air was cool, 60's, but skies were clear with a intense sun. The water felt much warmer than Tuesday, but in fact it was only 62, Ken said it felt like 67 though. We went all the way to the "do not swim farther than this" line and back. Along the way the Chicago Fire Department scuba team waved at us, but we noticed that none of them was getting in the water. When we arrived back to our bikes they were in deep shade from the apartment tower south of the beach, so we had to go further up the beach to find a warm place to dry off and change. We then went to Starbucks for the obligatory "after swim at Ohio Street" coffee and when we got back the bikes were back in the sun. Overall it was an awesome swim reminding us once again that, weather cooperating, the Chicago lakefront is the greatest in the world.