Little Nicholas decided to sleep in this morning, so I took advantage of the short-lived calm and got in a swim out at Lighthouse Beach.Read More
Category: OWC Blog
The arrival of little Nicholas has not kept me out of the lake, but it has certainly greatly curtailed when and how long I canRead More
Being that we are now smack dab in the middle of the month of Messidor, it’s long overdue for an update from OWC central. SoRead More
The city of Chicago closed down the lakefront late last week, so going out to L1 to get my open water fix was a bust.Read More
Way late on this swim report, but like you all I have been mired in managing the chaos and disruption from this whole COVID-19 thing. Nevertheless,Read More
The good news (it’s all good news) is that the lake temperature seems to have bottomed out and is now on the rise (albeit slowly).Read More
Our last swim of February 2020 was one of my favorites ever. The lake temp came in at a crisp 33.4F, but we had aRead More
While the air temperature was a mostly tolerable 27F, we had a sustained – and steadily increasing – wind from the south that plagued usRead More
Another quick one as it’s already Wednesday…Three of us met at L1 on Sunday morning and had near perfect swimming conditions. The lake was perfectlyRead More