Summer Exhaustion

July 21st through 27th, 2025

Lake Lucerne
Last week started off summery cool. The comfortable highs in the mid 70s°F eventually gave way to 80s°F. By the weekend, high temperatures and dew points added a thick layer of exhaustion to the many, many activities planned for Saturday.
Lake Lucerne
The air quality last week was better. There were a few days with smokey orange sunsets, but the smell of burnt moose was light for the most part.
Lake Lucerne
There was a ski show on Monday.
Lake Lucerne
It was well attended and pretty good.
Lake Lucerne
Wednesday's ski show had to deal with almost 1.5 inches of rain.
Lake Lucerne
It was the thunder and lightning that ultimately lead to the canceling of the show.
Lake Lucerne
Patches of Eurasian milfoil are loving the weather and Lucerne.
Lake Lucerne
A pontoon boat was modified to extract the milfoil picking diver when he ran out of air.
Lake Lucerne
Huzzah!
Lake Lucerne
Shortly after a successful picking, our diver took himself off line with a logging accident (he dropped a log on his foot). He'll be picking again in a few days.
Lake Lucerne
For those that are blessed with a beach, Lake Lucerne has entered the part of summer that requires a good beach raking every day.
Lake Lucerne
Some days can be a real olfactory treat.
Lake Lucerne
On Saturday, before the heat was turned up to 11, participants gathered for the 3rd Annual Lake Lucerne 5K-ish fun run/walk.
Lake Lucerne
At 9:02, about 200 legs were put to the test along the east shore of Lucerne.
Lake Lucerne
As the run progressed, spacing between the entrants grew.
Lake Lucerne
The event ended at the boat landing and raised about $3,000 for the Crandon Area Rescue Squad. The winner was some college ringer with a time around 16 minutes. Add a minute to that and you'd get our pace per mile.
Lake Lucerne
After the race, we found that Kentuck Day in Crandon was in full bloom.
Lake Lucerne
It was much more crowded than it's been in years.
Lake Lucerne
In one of the more tragic events, the brats ran out at noon.
Lake Lucerne
The old cars on display were pretty cool.
Lake Lucerne
After visiting a festive graduation/birthday party on Knott Lane, the Lake Lucerne Advancement Association's taco party was a hot and tasty way to end the "Day of Events".
Lake Lucerne
They had cold soda there, too.
Lake Lucerne
Birds seemed particularly active last week with the Bar's feeder needing refilling every other day.
Lake Lucerne
The hummingbirds that had disappeared for a few weeks came back and are drinking a quart of feeder food per day.
Lake Lucerne
The sky raccoons were back...and then gone. The longer the gone the better.
Lake Lucerne
The squirrels were not gone.
Lake Lucerne
The heat opened up many tee times on the NCC course. During the hot times it should be noted that the back nine is more buggy and lost bally, but is also more shaded.
Lake Lucerne
Through all the heat, there was always an escape under the crystal clear water of Lucerne (except during the lightningy parts of the week).
Lake Lucerne
Don't know why, but I've always found gauche product placement funny. As soon as the giggling ends, I'll try to be more subtle in the future. Last week was like drinking in summer through a firehose. I think that phrase was used in the past around this point, but it's as true now as it was then. Thank goodness for Bactine, Ibuprofen, and energy drinks or we'd never have made it all the way through Saturday without collapse. It looks like we're in for a repeat of last week so now is the time to gas up the boat, apply the sun screen, and warm up the defibrillator.


-Nemo's not planning to drop a log on his foot.