Ohio Street, July 3

Today Leo was the only one to respond to my suggestion of a swim since I couldn't guarantee warm water. Leo is famous for his solo swims but I think we will see more of him this summer. Parking was very easy in the loop thanks to the holiday weekend and the new meters which are now in force on Sundays, but there is no charge before 8AM so free for us. We picked a spot midway between the Starbucks and the Lake. At 6:30 when we arrived there was almost no one there. An earlier projection showed the Lake getting much colder as the weekend progressed but with a northeast wind that did not seem reasonable to me. It did feel quite cold to us at first. My thermometer takes about 10 minutes to get a reliable reading but Leo uses the "shrink test": if his balls shrink on contact with the water its too cold. But this water passed the test so we swam.

The water was 64.5F which was only a few tenths cooler than Friday, but it was sunny and the Lake was quite flat. So it was a very good swim. By the time we were done the beach was crowded with wetsuited swimmers. Apparently some sleeping in on Sunday for them.