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	May 6th through 8th, 2011

On Friday afternoon, the water hazards at Nicolet all seemed to be overflowing.

Later that evening, It was nice to find that the streams flowing into Lake Lucerne were also very full.

Just after ice-out on Friday, a bunch of loons silently fished the north end of the lake.

Fishermen were also around but less quiet.

Perched over Mrs Nemo's car, this red guy didn't fish as far as I know, but was louder than the fishermen (and probably more regular!).

The forecast for Friday night was cloudy. A crescent moon hung in the cold, clear sky at sunset and seemed to be laughing at that prediction

A pool thermometer was tossed into the de-iced lake later in the weekend. Just over 50°F is pretty refreshing for any potential swimmers. The lake water was not the only refreshing liquid in the area.

Late last year, aLf had given us a bottle of sake he brought in from Japan. We had planned to use it to toast ice-out on the first ice free Saturday and even learned to shout "The ice is out!" in Japanese (Phonetically: Ho de la de-cae-de!). Well, ice-out arrived, I was alone, and we did not get those heat 'em up, porcelain cuppy things yet. It seemed like a better idea to sip a beer while listening to the haunting sound of the loons rather than adding to the night another loon, full of sake, shouting "Ho de la de-cae-de!". Didn't get arrested either.

If you look closely, snow can still be found in some well protected areas. Don't expect much to make next weekend.

You don't have to look too closely at the forest floor to see that it's coming to life. No trillium yet, but soon.

We got about one tenth of an inch of rain last week. Better than nothing, but not by much.

On Sunday, clouds seemed to exploding just over the hill to the east. We got no rain.

The ice is out, the water is cold. As was the case in past late season ice-outs, there seemed to be a race to put in piers and lifts. Some went in just hours after the last of the ice faded. Some bravely went in hours before. A majority have chosen not to race and are still on the shore. We seem to be entering a wet period, lets hope the lake level reflects that.<br><br><br>-Nemo thinks his score should be viewed as performance art, not golf.

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