That was fun. Very pleasant water temps, swimsuit and shirt, plus rigging in the meadow with the clover kinda helped. Instead of blowing 1-7pm like yesterday it was more like 2-6pm. The windspeeds for the Divide site document similar velocities and peaks however. There were some very powered rides on 3 inch washboard, up, down and across the wind by the dam. It almost tickles yur feet when yur goin' like that. It was easily the most real estate I have covered there because I pushed deep into the upwind corners and way downwind further than ever.
Things must have looked fun because a couple chased me down in a lull and inquired about lessons. It was a bit alarming at first because they seemed kinda mad, like their fishing tackle had been torn out of their hands or something. (It sure seemed like a very wide berth had been afforded to any and all.) Needless to say I was too busy to let them ride my rig, (yeah, they asked), but referred them to the UWA site just as a good push came in and shot me off on a bender to the southwest edge.
Does anyone know how tightly the First Divide readings match the lake? 5mph fast, slow, no correlation, what?
BTW, troopers were stationed in Evanston both coming and going. Sailor calm thyself.