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July 8th through 18th, 2004

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.<br><br><br>-Nemo

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