The condition of Knott Lane, while not impassable, has been better.
In addition to the first morning of Winter, Sunday saw the annual "Gathering of the Loons" on the north end of Lucerne. About 2 dozen of the uncharacteristically quiet birds swam in a slow, brownian motion toward the south.
Wabikon is frozen over and Silver Lake has ice fingers grasping out from the shore. Lake Lucerne is currently cold and clear as crystal, but largely ice free. On Silver lake, one fisherman was seen working the unfrozen half of the lake on Saturday. No boats were seen on Lucerne, let alone fishermen, all weekend. The loon gathering was a new experience for us. It was strange seeing almost 2 dozen loons and not hearing one haunting peep. The hunters from our camp reported seeing several gray squirrels, a couple of golfers, a fisherman and plenty of wolf tracks, but no/few deer.
-Nemo, cold but largely ice free.
