Evanston, August 18

I have been using all the superlatives I know to describe the Lake this summer, perhaps the only thing left is to say that conditions today were "more perfect"? Joe, Ken, new recruit Jody, and I showed up just as the sun was emerging from the horizon. Water 71 and clear, air high 60's and full sun, light chop away from shore and no breeze. I was the slow man today and as the last to the wall I could hear the others talking but because of the angle of the sun on the water could not find them! They were standing in water up to their necks with only their heads out of the water. I swam along the wall thinking they had gone around to the other side and only after I passed them and looked back at a different angle could I see them. A great swim.