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	November 11th through 17th, 2024

Last week had a very late autumnal feel. Daily highs in the 40s°F and lows that resulted in a hard freeze or two are now the norm. A few days held enough warmth to include a golf round or a set of tennis, but the golf course was closed and the local courts have been de-netted and pickelball-ized. It was a good time to plan a board meeting and not slip in the frost.

Clouds rolled in around mid-week. Before the sky cleared, there was some rain. There was not enough accumulation to recover much of the lake level lost since July, but any amount helps.

The hard freezes have not yet frozen the ground, but they did give parts of decks a Christmassy look.

The annual Lake Lucerne Ice-In contest is up and right on que patches of ice sprang up on Lucerne's shoreline.

The last beach cleaning of the year did not include any after raking swimming. The lake temperature is currently in the 40s°F.

Local squirrels have been more hyperactive than normal. They're looking a little chunkier, too.

After the rain, the lake flattened out. With no ski boat in, the men decided to take advantage of the stillness and pull the last of the piers from the icy water.

It went surprisingly well with a minimum of shivering (the lower lake level helped) and injury.

On the weekend, the last of the boat lifts was pulled from the lake.

We had the Bactine and tourniquets ready, but the task was completed with no serious trauma.

At this point in the calendar, any week that ends with exposed grass is a win. The lack of mosquitoes, political ads, or any lift pulling injuries are also a win. You can never be sure of politics or contusions, but for the next several weeks we should continue to be mosquito free. So put away the Benadryl®, pick an ice-in date, and enter it into the <a href='/icein/IceIn2024.html' class ='defaultlink2' target='_blank'>17th Annual Lake Lucerne Ice-In contest</a>.<br><br><br>-Nemo has his shovel ready just in case the upcoming rain isn't.

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