Thursday 9-24-2020
Greetings and welcome!
We have a lot to talk about today.
First up is fall colors. The maples and other early species north of Crivitz are at about what I would consider peak color. It is really a spectacular display.
Other species will follow with some color, but in my opinion the best of the show is the early maples. That show is here.
It seems like on sunny days the colors don’t stand out quite as much as they do on cloudy or rainy days. This weekend looks like rain on Saturday night, which hopefully means some clouds and prime viewing conditions.
Item two is the Thursday flea markets/farmer’s markets. The ones that went on in downtown Crivitz ended after Labor Day. Now some nice folks are trying to keep it going. They are using the old Peshtigo River Inn, the huge former motel south of town at 141 and Airport Rd. If the weather is nice they will be outside. If not they will go inside where there is plenty of room for social distancing.
This weekend is the big Crivitz harvest festival. They will be doing that outside rain or shine. Here is a poster with details.
Covid fear has come to the Twin Bridge and Silver Cliff area again. The word on the street is that there is an outbreak in the area. At that point a lot of bars and restaurants are closing for cleaning and out of an abundance of caution. The list of closings so far include; Woody’s Bar, Newton Lake Inn, Bobby Jo’s Roadside Saloon ( the old Curve Inn), and Firelane. Sportsman’s Cafe and Jungle Jim’s have returned to carry out food only. I know that I am missing a couple of closures, but that is the list off of the top of my head.
This week’s weather has been very nice with pleasant days and high temps near 80. We are ok on that through the weekend with temps around 70. The middle of next week will bring a very different outlook. Upper air temperatures will be cold enough to bring snow, and next Wednesday could bring high temperatures ‘near 50’. Looking at the GFS forecast model we are probably in for a week or so of that cooler weather before things start getting back to more seasonal temperatures.
Last year winter came in mid-October and didn’t go away until May. It caught me and a lot of other people off guard. Hopefully we can wait a little longer this year. As always I am way behind in my pre-winter work and my regular work world is off the rails busy. I am getting more than a little concerned., especially since we have lost almost 6 hours of daylight.
Kosir’s rafting is getting a new building this fall. Here is a picture of them tearing down the old office yesterday. The huge snow load partially collapsed the roof last winter and they need to rebuild before the snow comes again.
They will be rafting this weekend though. The water on the Peshtigo River is still way above normal ( about a +6”) and the river is on the rise from last night’s rain. Some areas near the watershed saw as much as 2-3” of rain last night, so the river is a sure thing for this weekend. With the fall colors popping at near peak it would be a great weekend to hit the river.
I think that is about it for my list this morning. If I need to I will update bar closings and any other events that I find.
Have a good weekend and thank you for visiting!
RJB
