Thursday 9-14-17
Greetings and welcome!
The fall color show has started. Every day I see another splash of red or some trees getting lighter leaves as they begin the big change. Right now it is mostly the very early maples, but some other species are starting to get in on the act. The next couple of weeks will be a lot better for color, but right now you don’t have to go far to see a splash of red here and there.
I was not crazy last week when I though that I spotted one of the dark purple maples in fall color. I saw another about 2 miles east of Wabeno on Hwy C. Unfortunately it is on a pretty blind curve and they run a lot of logging trucks up there, so I did not stop for a picture.
Our weather feels more like June than September. We have been in the low 80s with clear weather the past few days. That is probably about 10 degrees above normal. Those low 80s are expected to continue through Saturday.
Saturday night and into Sunday we could see some rain as a cold front passes through and drops our temperatures back to more normal levels (low 70s). After some rain early week, next week looks like more of the above normal temperatures.
When we have high temps in the low 80s and some humidity and low temps in the mid-40s overnight there is a pretty significant (diurnal) temperature swing. That takes us below the dew point, and we have had some dewy mornings where everything is wet until the sun comes up and burns it off. It also make some fog at sunset as the temperature drops quickly. Here is a pic that I took last night about 30 minutes after sunset.
I was a little surprised that while taking that picture I was swarmed by mosquitoes. We have had some pretty cool nights, but apparently not cool enough to kill off the gators. I had the same experience later when I was at a dark spot and tried to take some star filled sky pictures. I haven’t done any of that with the little Nikon, so it was a trial & error experience. It didn’t take much trial & error before I started losing blood and I bailed. Maybe I will try to dial that in at home before heading to my dark skies spot next time.
We have some events for this weekend.
First up there is a truck and tractor pull at Equity Park down in Pound Saturday. (Link)
Saturday Lakewood is having a Festi-Fall downtown with vendors, artists, food, and more.
There is an EAA Warbird fly-in and car & tractor show at the Oconto Airport Saturday. That is a little farther away than I usually have events around here, but it sounded like a cool one. They even have airplane and helicopter rides for $35-$45.
Crivitz is having an Octoberfest celebration Saturday. It looks like a big affair with three bands, German food and drink, and adult activities. They tap the first keg at 11am. (Link)
This weekend also kicks off a lot of hunting seasons. Bow hunting for deer opens Saturday, along with turkey, bear, grouse, rabbit and others.
Next weekend Sept. 23 is the Silver Cliff Chili Fest & Soup Contest at the Silvercliff Picnic grounds 11AM. People love that event with all of the delicious and unusual entries.
Well I am off to go and get back onto my fall outside chores. I hurt a wrist early week and have been on light duty for three days. That has been driving me crazy as I want to work of firewood, the house, the cars, the plow truck, the snowblowers, the snowmobiles, and more. I can’t stand it anymore, so I am going to go and try to be productive.
Have a good weekend and thank you for visiting!
RJB