Greetings and welcome!
As you may have noticed, I have been a busy boy lately. The economy has been kicking my butt so I have taken on a lot of outside work recently.
The most obvious change since my last update is that the fall colors are starting. A couple of weeks ago I saw the first splash of color in a maple just south of Carter. Now it is pretty common to see a splash of color here and there, and plants like the ferns dying back.
My Fall color predictions have had a 100% fail rate, so I stopped doing that. It does seem like they are starting early if I am seeing color in mid-August.
The weather has generally been pretty pleasant for August. Most daytime highs have been below 85 or so, leaving it a lot cooler than my expectations. I recall only running the AC for a couple of hours in the last month.
One of my friends that plays in the water a lot mentioned that they thought that the flowages were actually starting to cool down a little between the cool nights and moderate daytime temps. We have had some cool nights, with a couple in the past two weeks getting into the low 40s. So far we haven’t had a widespread frost.
There have been a couple of notable wildlife sightings. One was a little buck in velvet right near the house. He was a fawn last year, so he wasn’t that big. He wasn’t that bright either, he didn’t want to move for the truck.
The other 1-1/2 year old buck that I saw was a few miles south of here. I got a good look at him too, and I think he might be a potential non-typical. He had some asymmetrical headgear, but I couldn’t tell if the abnormal side was branching or not.
There was also a stubborn skunk the other night. It wasn’t much bigger than a house cat, but it had a badger’s attitude. I e-stopped and left it plenty of room while I waited for him to get off of the road, but it seemed to want to come at the truck. About the time I was considering a retreat he turned back around and went about his business. It ended well for both of us, but it was a new one on me.
We have some warmer weather coming up this week. We will see temps increase through the 80s and probably well into the 90s for Thursday and Friday. The atmosphere will be fairly stable, so there are only minor and scattered chances for rain.
The weekend looks nice for weather and the NWS has us for temps in the low 80s.
There are a couple of unknowns with the forecast. One is a front for later in the week. That looks like mostly a line of clouds as it passes, at least for now.
The other dynamic is TS/Hurricane Isaac. The GFS model has remnants of it getting as far north as southern WI by Saturday before it takes a hard right and goes east. Other models have it heading east much farther south. Considering that they missed the track of this one by a couple of states, that bears watching.
Here is the current event calendar for the next two weekends..
| Crooked Lake Firemen’s Breakfast 8 am – Noon |
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| Town of Riverview Fire House-Hwy 32 |
Riverview FD & Auxiliary Annual Corn Roast From 11am – til the fun stops! – Everyone Welcome. Food & Refreshments, Free Corn, Live Music from 5-9pm, Raffles, Children’s Games |
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| Sept. 1 | Valley Inn Townsend |
6th Annual Corn Roast and ATV Parade Hosted by the Red Arrow Snowmobile Club – Proceeds go to trail maintenance ATV Parade at 10:30 am from Townsend Shell to Valley Inn Meat Raffles, Food & Refreshments – Live Music at 7pm Under the Big Tent – Rain or Shine |
| Sept. 1 | Amberg Firemen’s Park |
32nd Annual Fireman’s Picnic & Parade Parade at 11am, Water Fights, Demonstrations, Children’s Games Food & Refreshments, Live Music, Raffles, Horseshoes – 2nd Annual antique car & tractor show |
| Sept. 2 | Lakewood Mardi Gras Grounds | Noon-9PM – Raffles, Cash Prizes, Food & Refreshments, Live music |
| September 8 | Parkway Inn | The Annual Country Fling from noon until ? Live Country Music, Food and Fun for the whole family |
There will probably be updates this week as Chris and I find more events, check back either here or on her event calendar page at http://www.northerndestinations.com/calendarofevents.html
One event that isn’t on there is the grand opening of the Firelane Bar Saturday September 8th. They have new owners that bought it late summer, and the weekend after Labor Day is the grand opening party. They will have a couple of big tents set up, live bluegrass music from 3-7, a homemade brew, and $2 cans open to close. They are expecting it to be a big event.
Sunday of Labor Day weekend (Sept 2) the band Reset to Zero will be playing at the Curve Inn.
That is about it for today. Have a good week and thank you for visiting!
RJB