Cold, Less Cold, Cold

In addition to much warmer weather, the southwestern corner of the lake sports a few old and new timey pinball machines.

Maybe one or two more than a few. They all fit quite well into an old aircraft hangar.

This year's amazeball winner was the one with a keyboard. Learn piano for just 25 cents a lesson? Sign us up!

Walking to the machines and back was made safer by like a billion bollards that seperate lunatic drivers from the sidewalk.

Just off the strip close to the pinball machines, someone left one of the biggest chainsaws we've ever seen.

It doesn't appear to have the sharpest blade ever, but the hydraulics must help compensate for the chain's dullness.

Just up the street from the giant chainsaw, rests a sphinx.

At night there's some lights, too.

We couldn't find a way up to ride the sphinx, but there were a few smaller, unguarded sphinx minions sprinkled around the property.

With all the hiking, pinball, and sphinx riding, low blood sugar and exhaustion could be a problem. It turns out that the former was not an issue. They've got stores for that.

There's also a store with molten chocolate falling from the ceiling.

In between and all around the chocolate are some non-pinball machines. Some are more fun than others.

There was no snow on the lake last week, but there was a little rain in the extreme southwestern corner.

It took all day, but it eventually ended.

Wedged between all the pinball, chocolate, and spinx, was the Knottlane Board Meeting, Shareholder Conference, and Pool Party. The pool party turned out to be not so good because all the pools closed before the event. The shareholder meeting was a bust because we forgot to send invitations. The board meeting was deemed a complete success after a new and completely horrific bottle of monkey spirits was added to the bar's stock. If you went ape over last summer's peanut butter whiskey, you'll love bourbon disturbingly infused with banana flavor. There may be some ice involved. Or maybe some fire. Either way, the next bar night will be a night to remember. Or forget. It's all good.

The lake could have used all the rain that fell just to the south and west of it. The falling lake level has made more beach all around the shoreline.