Sunrise at our first autumn meetup came a bit later at 6:39am, but the lake was still very summer-like at 69F. We had some slightRead More
Category: Swim Reports
A steady drizzle turned into a constant rain during our swim. But a very balmy 69F lake temp more than neutralized the 59F air temp.Read More
One of our more perfect swim mornings, we had a 73F lake temp, 72F air temp, lots of sunshine at 6:15am. Keeping this one briefRead More
Similar to two weeks ago, we had high waves driven by the sustained winds from the east. But the lake temp came in at 73F,Read More
The morning of the Air and Water Show is always a crapshoot since you never know what you might have to deal with around L1Read More
After the mess that greeted us on August 6, this was a welcome change to say the least! Unlike the 6-foot swells from the priorRead More
Chicagoans like to sleep in during the summer which means that they often miss out on the best time of day. Last Sunday was noRead More
We pretty much had the entire lake and lakefront to ourselves earlier this morning. Perhaps most of Chicago is on vacation this time of yearRead More
Keeping this short as it’s a perfect summer day today – and not one to squander in front of the computer! Bottom line, we hadRead More
We pretty much had the entire lakefront to ourselves at 5:20am. Not only was it ridiculously early in the morning, but we had a steadyRead More