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| Comet Weekend May 13th through 16th |
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| We arrived late Thursday and were greeted with rain for the larger part of Friday. |
| This loon did not seem to be bothered by the rain. |
| By late Friday the sky started to clear, giving us hope to see comet NEAT. |
| By 9:30 PM the clouds left and the stars were out. Comet NEAT was just below the beehive in the west. |
| At less than mag 3.0, the comet was not the best one ever, but this has been only the second naked eye visible visitor in over 5 years so we were stunned . Well, maybe not stunned. How about amused? Yes, that was it. We were amused. It looked better through binoculars. |
| The sky remained clear on Saturday. The sun was very warm. |
| The trillium are up and all over! |
| The raft anchor needed reattaching so by noon it was dive time, the first of the year. |
| The emergency anchor has held well since deployed late Tuesday. |
| The real anchors were located and a chain reattached to them. |
| To all those that continue to litter the lake: Please stop. |
| The pontoon lift pads were checked and found to be solid, photographic. |
| I saw no fish at any of the cribs during the entire time. The new lens that Mr EMT gave me for Christmas worked vey well. |
| The trees are just starting to leaf. In a week or two that woods should be green again. |
| On Sunday, the water temperature sensor was returned to the lake. The lake temperature is currently in the 50's, making swimming uncomfortable. |
| We left for home shortly after noon on Sunday. The wind started to blow from the south making the north end of the lake very rough. More rain is predicted and the comet should not be visible again until Tuesday night. If it's clear we will be back up later this week. |