Albino Thanksgiving!

November 25th through December 1st, 2019

Lake Lucerne
Last week started off in a most pleasant manner. There was sun, above freezing highs, and a sparkling liquid lake. That would change when 2 of those 3 items were buried in a thick blanket of white cold.
Lake Lucerne
A small amount of snow in the woods and the ice covering some of the lesser lakes were the only signs of the lateness of the season.
Lake Lucerne
With the mowing of the bar's lawn, the start of the week had an almost early Spring feel about it.
Lake Lucerne
One of the last tasks performed before the Snowpocalypse, was to mount and start a timelapse camera that's on loan form the aLf camera collection to get a movie of this year's ice-in. That movie will probably be up sooner rather than later.
Lake Lucerne
All the nice ended with the sunset on Tuesday. By Wednesday morning, 9.5 inches of ugg covered the bar's freshly mowed lawn.
Lake Lucerne
Snowblowing the driveways less than 24 hours after mowing the lawn without some sort of a long South to North plane trip in between was a strange experience .
Lake Lucerne
During the mid-morning, the number of people without power rose to about 40,000. That included the lucky people on the east side of Lake Lucerne. Power was restored to the East side after 21 hours and 10 minutes.
Lake Lucerne
The bar got its Winter Teeth. This was the earliest pub teething we can remember.
Lake Lucerne
Through it all, the lake remained free of ice.
Lake Lucerne
The lake temperature was still very cold. The only swimmer we saw was all shy and muskratty.
Lake Lucerne
A few days after the first snow event, we were cursed with 10 more inches.
Lake Lucerne
The snow is getting deep.
Lake Lucerne
Road conditions have been better. Under the white is the occasional patch of ice that makes walking just that much more fun.
Lake Lucerne
The condition of Knott Lane remains un-good. You can traverse it with two wheel drive but four wheel drive is recommended.
Lake Lucerne
The first of the Four Horsemen of the Snowpocalypse has coated the area with a thick blanket of white. Albino Thanksgiving is the most uncommon and feared of the quartet. His visit is considered the harbinger of a longer, harder Winter than is normal. The lake seemed impervious to the arrival of this colder, more brutal era. There is some ice growing from the shore, but most of the lake remains ice free. That could change quickly. As always, we'll be monitoring the situation and posting any significant changes. We'll probably post insignificant changes, too.


-Nemo: Monitor, Report, Repeat.