On Monday, in one of the more joyless events of the year, lifts were pulled from the increasingly cool waters and a parade of boats were removed from the lake at the public boat landing. I would estimate that less then 25% of the boats remained on the lake.
In a cascade of trouble starting with a WPS power problem and ending with a loss of internet, the webcam lost connectivity for awhile on Friday after 5:30 PM and for a time on Saturday, Sunday and Monday it was also down. The issues seem to be fixed and all are currently stable for now.
The ice-in contest will not be up until early October but it might be profitable to start thinking about it now. I've narrowed the date down to sometime between the Fall's elections and January but that's all the help I'll give. With some timely rain, the lake seems to be holding its own. With all the dysphoric (oh, a college boy eah?) excitement of lift pulling, the lake measurement was overlooked. Next time, we'll get it for sure.
-Nemo was halfway to the car when the fireworks started going off.
