It was dryer last week. We still had rain in the northwoods, but the accumulations were negligible. There was also some sun. The first frost still eludes us, the bugs are getting bad again.
The event was held on the Courthouse square. It was well attended and mostly parked up.
On Sunday, it was deemed to be time. Time to pull the ski boat from the flat, clear, and increasingly cold water. It is certainly a melancholy time for those of us that love to fly over a wake and glide over the flat. Many of the same people also like to ride the lifts and fall down snow covered hills. The anticipation of such events takes much of the sting out of the boat pulling. That, and the upcoming posting of the annual Lake Lucerne Ice-In contest. Why nobody skied down to the landing will forever be a mystery.
In addition to being dryer, it was a little warmer last week. The lake temperature rose to a still cool 67°F, causing some (me mostly) to reconsider any boat pulling. Schedules and the inevitable encroaching Winter extinguished any hope of another week or so of late season water skiing. The trailer was attached to the truck. The landing's new pier is very nice as was the diligent and helpful weed inspector guy. There are still a few ski boats left (not ours **sigh**) but fewer and fewer every day. For those that find themselves among the unpulled, there's still some swimming, diving, and Golfo left in that water.
-Nemo should have been flying over that wake.
