Lake Lucerne has entered that strange time of year where the ice covering the lake is itself covered with water flowing in (from both rain and melting snow). Unfortunately the frost is mostly out of the ground. Streams of snow melt that had been hoped would flow in to the lake are instead soaking in to the ground. Looks like, barring a really big storm, we can't count on the watershed to bring the lake back up. With all that water in the ground, maybe the springs will be up to the task. All we need is about 48 inches to bring it back to normal. The lake ice is estimated to be over 20 inches thick. We spent all our ice hole drilling time collecting sap and firing cookers. We'll get a hole in the ice to measure as soon as the sun comes out. I'm thinking Friday. The NCC is still closed/covered with snow.
-Nemo called for a tee time, the phone just rang.
