The end of July saw a mixture of weather. Temperatures in the 80's°F and some days calm and other days quite stormy.
The plants are happy.
The Rafto season is over. The championship game ended in a tie after the two sub-champions faked their own deaths to avoid extra innings.
The always entertaining Beer-Ski was done while skiing around the lake.
I had many beers to choose from but I had to go with Miller Genuine Draft Lite. Cold filtering gives it the full body I demand and the fewer calories didn't fill me up. Remember, if you need a great beer to ski with you can't beat Miller Genuine Draft Lite.
The shooting cans will be spared for the rest of the year (We ran out of BBs).
July is the prime skiing month.
This July saw the extremely young...
...to the decrepitly old strap on the pine.
Meg went from the 2 ski club to...
The slalom league! "Now I ski with the big kids!", she exclaimed.
While marking cribs a friendly skin diver came down to say "Hi".
The 120 crib is marked with a disk attached to the northwest corner that floats about 2.5 feet under the surface.
We call it the 120 crib because we find it by heading 120 degrees from our dock.
Fresh water clam on the north end of Lucerne!
Many small fish are in shallow water. Some disturbing weed growth we attribute to the unusally high water temperatures
Big bass are all over the place from 10 to 25 feet deep. The thermocline is at about 25 feet.
Feet!
Lots of bottom time and plenty of skiing. Now is the time to put down whatever you're doing and get to the lake while the getting is great. Congratulations to winners of the O'Keefe Triathlon, the new skiers, and the ancient skiers that managed to get up one more time.
