Evanston, September 15

It looked like at least one more good Lake day so we arrived at the beach before the sun was up. The weather was completely clear, but cold, air about 52. We were in the water by the time the sun actually became visible above the horizon and seeing this from the water is awesome. In addition there were hundreds of geese in the water who flew in front of the sun, there was a guy on the beach with a camera who must have gotten some great shots, and who, the geese, few over us so closely that we could feel the breeze from their wings. There were about one foot swells which produced some small breaking waves near the beach. Further investigation found a sandbar about 25 yards off shore that was only 6 inches under the water level. Otherwise there were just swells and light chop. The water temperature varied from 68 to 67 in some cooler pockets, but not bad for this part of the season. The warm water compensated for the cold air so it was more than a good swim: an awesome swim.

Upon nearing the beach we noticed a lot of activity which on further investigation was a gaggle of wetsuit swimmers and a couple of kayaks. It turns out they were attempting a 10K, the full length of the Evanston lakeshore and back. We didn't find out exactly who they were but noticed a few Big Shoulders caps, apparently people who didn't get enough workout last weekend.