Real Fall

September 24th through 30th

At the start of the month of September, Fall arrived meteorologically. Just before the start of last week, Fall arrived via the calendar. Last week, sunsets occurred before exhaustion. Swimming was more scream-y. And idle thoughts touched on hats and heating systems. Last week, Fall arrived.

Color in some trees is getting close to peak.

The forest is at about 50% peak. We expect 100% sometime next week.

While strolling down Potawatomi Trail we came across some Fall colors that were unexpected and extremely unwelcome. We carefully disposed of it and hope to never see this type of litter near our lake again.

On Saturday morning, we got our first freeze. Thick coats of ice formed on decks, fire pits, and table tops. No ice on the lake yet.

Before the ice, the lake area got a bit of rain.

The lake temperature is dropping. It was at 66℉ by mid-week and 63℉ by Sunday. Swims are shorter and involve more tears.

On the weekend it was deemed time to pull the lifts, raft, and piers. Our small crew finished the job amazingly fast with surprisingly few injuries. I wore a hat.

The air temperature on Saturday never went over 50℉. The lack of injuries and flatness of the lake invited skiers. The air temperature and early sunset promptly dis-invited them.

Saturday's well attended bar night included the visually spectacular and hideously tasting "Jellyfish Shot".

With the arrival of real Fall, our ruminations have begun to focus on final mowing, propane, firewood, and carving pumpkins (Pumpkin Carving is scheduled at the bar on Saturday, October 20th, BYOP). There are still quite a few boats and lifts in the lake. This could be a function of that pontoon crane guy making late season lift removal less numbingly cold or it could be that many want to have images of that last ski run adorned with peak color trees in the background.<br><br>-Nemo's not looking forward to snow.