The Second Weekend in March
March 11th through 14th   
On Friday morning it was time to "enjoy" one last visit to the slopes of Brule for the season.  Conditions could have been better.
On the plus side, the rain/mist also reached the Lake Lucerne area.
The first batch of syrup was bottled on Sunday morning.  Five and an eighth gallons of the really good stuff currently only needs labels.
Later in the morning the sugarbush was mined.  One hundred and five gallons of the sappy ore was poured from the buckets and is currently being refined into amber gold.
The weather has not been kind to the ice.  A hole was made to check the ice thickness on Sunday.
There is 14.5 inches of very good ice between winter and spring.  If the weather holds, look for an early ice-out.
Before we left the slushy/slippery surface, the underwater camera was sunk to take both pictures and video.
The 14.5 inches is very clear.
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The lake could be ice free before April.  Then again, if a cold end of March and April moves in, it could be May.  The ice measurement next weekend will be telling.

-Nemo