Greetings and welcome!
The big four day holiday weekend is only one day away. I don’t have any events to add yet, or for that matter much to add to the forecast.
Right now the weather for the weekend looks pretty decent. There are minor rain chances Fri-Sun, but nothing organized. What I am seeing is typical summer afternoon heating instability type storms. There are no organized lines of storms, low pressure areas, or anything like that.
I made it pretty clear that I don’t have a lot of faith in holiday weekend forecasts. There is an old saying about fool me once, shame on you, fool me 973 times, shame on me. So the plan is to go for it on weekend activities, but be ready if a storm brews up.
As previously mentioned, I have a little work on my plate. Last night about sunset I hit a boiling point and went for a ride in the woods. The new Nikon again amazed when it pulled off this picture in near darkness. It has a night landscape mode that takes about 5 pictures and processes them into one. I like it! It isn’t any good for moving stuff like wildlife at dusk, but it does a fine landscape.
My ride was not uneventful. The tally was 9 deer, a bear, and a big owl that was within about 10 feet of the car. There were a lot of white moths, and quite a few of the really big ones like the Cecropia. The humidity from the rain made a lot of mist and eventually fog, and that was pretty in its own way. It was a good way to unwind a little.
Speaking of moths, for the past few weeks I have not been using my motion activated flood light out front. It was turning on almost constantly from the bats. The bugs would be by the light, the bats would swoop in to eat them and on goes the light. The same thing happens a lot with the motion activated security cameras. I still don’t have an answer without declaring war on the insect world.
People going whitewater rafting this weekend are in for a real treat. The Peshtigo River remains at record levels, and is running at about a +14 right now. It has never been this high on this date in the 19 years of records.
A +14″ is an ideal level because you can take a 2 person raft or go for it in a one person funyak. The best part is that all of those rocks that usually hang you up at this time of year are under a foot of water, and are now fun splashy mini-rapids. Rafting this weekend is highly recommended.
I will be at Kosir’s taking pictures, and at Rapids Resort between trips selling them, and I will have my flashlights & lanterns for sale too. Stop by and say hello if you are in the neighborhood.
There is the clock hounding me again, so I am going to wander off to the next task. Have a good weekend and thank you for visiting!
RJB