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| Vacation #2 July 8th through 18th |
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| On Thursday evening, July 8th, the lake was glass and the air temperature was to start a warming trend (about time). |
| Ferns! Even with the cooler temperatures so far this summer the plants are thriving. |
| Normally this guy would run as soon as the camera went up but he was so engrossed in a giant nut that he ignored me. |
| The weather all week was great. We kept up our strength with a varity of foodstuffs including tequila flavored suckers, worm included! |
| On Tuesday, at around 2:00 PM, a short and intense storm passed over the lake. Just as I was going to try to get some pictures of the lightning we saw a great flash/boom and noticed bark flying around the north side of the cabin. I was quickly persuaded by saner people to not venture out. |
| It died out as quickly as it came on and we went out to check on any damage. |
| Struck! A large white pine just to the north of the cabin on the lake shore was struck resulting in a jagged line where the bark was exploded off. |
| The cooked bark was scattered around the yard. |
| The eagles currently still use the tree as a perch, but I fear that the tree will not be around much longer. |
| There are plenty of eagles this year. |
| I did get a chance to go SCUBA diving this time up. Looking up the flag line from 20 feet deep, you can't make out the blue skies. |
| This time of year you run across the occasional fire work remnant. In this case a rocket stick. |
| I'm finding more clams on the north side of the lake this year. |
| The cribs are holding big bass. |
| There is a very old boat just south of the northwest corner of the lake in about 13 feet of water. You can still see the white paint on the sides. |
| The inside of the bow seems unpainted. |
| The iron fittings on the stern have seen better days. |
| Time has ripped off a metal transom. It lies a few feet from the stern. |
| The "decking" of the craft is loose and a few fish use the structure for cover. |
| We left on Sunday and will be back next weekend. The plan was to leave on Saturday but... |
| Saturday was so wonderful we could not pull ourselves from the northwoods. |