Skiing Weekend II

January 2nd through 4th, 2009

Lake Lucerne
Work induced lateness had us arriving late on Friday. On Saturday morning, we were up with the sun and off to Ski Brule to ride the lifts. There was some skiing too.
Lake Lucerne
Wheee!
Lake Lucerne
On Sunday, the ice thickness was checked. Mrs. Nemo had the honor of drilling the hole.
Lake Lucerne
Wheee!
Lake Lucerne
10.5 inches of the good stuff. More than enough to support a bottle rocket fort.
Lake Lucerne
There is quite a bit of snow just about everywhere.
Lake Lucerne
The sugar shack is packed full of wood. No trees were tapped this weekend (that I saw).
Lake Lucerne
We drove the west shore slowly just be sure that a fidgety tapper hasn't tried to get a jump on the season.
Lake Lucerne
The sun came out just after noon on Sunday.There is only about 3 or 4 more weeks of the really bitterly cold stuff left. Since November, when asked in rhetorical fashion "How are you" I've responded with one word: "Cold". It can't warm up fast enough for me. We'll be back in 3 weeks for the 18th annual Lake Lucerne Bottle Rocket War. On the way home, the radio was tuned to a delightful wildcard game between the Eagles and the Vikings (Wheee!).


-Nemo