Water World

June 12th through 18th
Last week, there were a few times when the sun shown above Lake Lucerne. Mostly no though. It rained last week. The first rain event was the largest, but it wouldn't be the last. After the rain moved on, the lake level continued to rise due to the torrents of water surging into the lake from all the inflows. Peeking over the hill, Lake Metonga also looks a little bigger. We checked. Most of Crandon has not yet washed away. The piers and beach fronts on the shore of Lake Schaefer were covered by rising water. When mailing letters at the post box just off image on the left, don't forget your PFD. Looking to the east of Lucerne, Lakes Wabikon and Riley appear pretty full, too. Sugarbush Hill still seems mostly fire-towerless. By mid-week, the crystal clear lake hit 73℉. Un-chilly enough to ski, swim, and dive for golf balls without blueing up the skin or screaming up the air. The massive amount of rain has spawned an impressive amount of bugs. Some occasionally use residents and visitors as a foothold. The vast majority use them as an inexhaustible blood supply. If you're coming up to the northwoods, bring DEET. Fish and furries should not fully trust the new life guard on the North end of the lake. A badly swimming bunny was "rescued" and dropped off on the beach after a little mouth to beak resuscitation. The eagle seemed satiated by its heroics. The bunny had no comment. Curiously fuzzy bird: "Chirp, I say. Chirp, Chirp!"<br>Mrs Nemo: "You're not fooling anyone." A well attended bar night on Saturday started off with a subtle Aussie flavor. The evening was judged a complete success in that the bar was set on fire only once. At the end of last week, the lake was again hit by an impressive amount rain. Several lesser storms sandwiched between grand amounts of rain at the start and end of last week have pushed the lake up over 6 inches! Piers are going under. Beaches are flooding. Is there such a thing as too much lake? We wouldn't have even entertained the thought just a few droughty years ago. If the lake gets any deeper, diving for golf balls near the shore will require oversized lungs and decompression stops. Some are staring to look for pontoons to attach to lawn tractors for next week's mowing. Others are thinking of attaching some sort of scythe to the bottom of a ski and keyhole-ing the lawn shorter.<br><br>-Nemo feels that bird ain't right.