Peak Maple Syrup Weekend
April 12th through 14th, 1997          


We arrivied on Friday night. Saturday's morning light confirmed that there is still ice on the lake. It's two feet thick.


There was a hike on roads around the lake that included some litter pick up. We got two cans and a new respect for people who wear high heels.

The thaw may not have taken much of the lake ice, but the snow around the area has been mostly melted. Judging from the damage to West Shore Drive, it was quite a melt.


Timber Shores' fishing boats for cabins 1, 2, and 3 made it through the Winter in what's left of one of the lake's oldest cabin remnants.

The warmer days and cool nights are pushing sap out the maples.
Stuffed fireboxes are boiling the collected sap down to pancake topping.

There was enough in this batch for at least 3 pancakes.
Comet Hale-Bopp can still be observed in the west just after sunset and in the wee hours of the morning. Best. Comet. Ever.

We especially like it when cabin owners take the time to match the cabin, garage and bird house. Well done.
Pumpkin carving weekend is long past and I think the pumpkins have come to realize this.


Two feet is more than enough ice on which to park a few lawn chairs, two glasses, and a bottle of wine while watching Hale-Bopp set in the Northwest. The days are getting warmer, but the lake ice is almost certain to be around until May. We'll be back in two weeks to not swim, not ski, not fish and not be bothered by all that not. The lake is too wonderful to be bothered by anything except perhaps leaving it to go back to work.

-Nemo walked for a few hundred feet before the cans fell off.                                                                   Previous   Next