Evanston, July 22

As I mentioned yesterday, my original strategy was to skip yesterday and swim today with smaller waves. Fortunately I ditched the strategy because the waves were bigger today, the 3 to 5 foot variety. They were slightly more organized, but still basically wind waves. Today we swam at Lighthouse beach which is better known as a body surfing beach. Again, out and back, but this time back had some punch. We actually found some waves to ride. Water was 71. It turned out to be a nice beach day, although somewhat windy. When we left the water our friend Rich, who hangs out on weekends at this beach, was there so we sat with him for a while. Again the lifeguards did "open the water" but only after first testing it to see if the waves were rideable.