When we visited the Emil Bach house we saw that it was just a couple of blocks from Lake Michigan, so we walked down to the lake shore. There is a small beach and park there where people can enjoy the sand (ugh!), the water and the breeze from the lake, which really did cool things down a bit.

The lake is huge, except for the lack of waves I could have been standing at the ocean. We didn’t see any large ships, there were a few small boats. But, on a day that hit 90 degrees, there were lots of people!

Here are a couple of pictures: