Evanston, July 11

A storm went through here about 4:30 this morning but by the 6AM go or no go decision time it seemed to have passed. But there were still winds left over from the storm and it was quite cloudy. I gave a tentative go and Joe, who was eager not to postpone, seconded the go. By the time Joe and I got to the beach the winds had died down and the sky was clearing. But there were 1 foot waves left over from the storm coming in from the northeast. The swim out was a bit tough with the waves pushing us towards shore where it was very shallow. I just missed some of the pilings from the 1930's pier that are still there. The swim back was faster, besides the waves there was a definite southerly current of about 1 km/hr. Because of the south wall the current was pushing us out as well as south so one had to aim towards shore to end up at the end of the south wall where Joe likes to finish the swim. But the current was slower than our swimming speed so not a hazard.

The water was clear, between 65 and 66 with the warmer water near the beach and colder by the far wall. By the time we were back home the skies had completely cleared and we would have felt very foolish if we had canceled our swim.