Evanston, September 26

Is this the end? My reading of the forecast is that the rain will end but the east wind will hold off until later in the morning. I got one right, the rain was gone long before Ken and I got to the beach early this morning. But the east wind was already well established. The waves did not look that bad, but the water was cold. It turns out that water temperature was only 61 with a 54 F air temperature. Of course no wetsuits, and Ken only has an ordinary cap. So we did a quick out and back swim, more because of the cold than the waves. We were most aware of the waves coming back as they gave us a real boost. We even got a couple of unintentional rides. Total trip: 10.5 minutes by Ken's watch.

There is nothing in the forecast to make me think it will get any better, so this is probably it for the season. Actually we made it almost all the way through September, so thats not bad.