The ice is currently 18 inches thick. The upper layers are sorta rotten but the bottom 12 inches is solid
The lake level is up! It's now about 7 inches below the nail and more rain is expected.
A sample core of some rotten ice near the shore.
Close up of a element of the rotten ice. Soon the entire lake will be covered with these "Ice Pickles".
The swiss chard somehow lived through the winter.
Jim's syrup took second place in the first maple syrup contest!
And finally there was the comet. Comet Ikeya-Zhang was no Hale-Bopp, but was still very impressive and worth the trip to see it under a dark sky just before dawn.
-Nemo likes his pancakes with syrup and a side of celestial wonder
