{"id":1122,"date":"2011-07-28T08:17:31","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T14:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northerndestinations.com\/scindex\/?p=1122"},"modified":"2011-07-28T08:17:31","modified_gmt":"2011-07-28T14:17:31","slug":"thursday-july-28th-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northerndestinations.com\/scindex\/thursday-july-28th-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday July 28th, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings and welcome!<\/p>\n<p>I apologize for not having an early week report. I have been working away from home this week.<\/p>\n<p>It has been a nice week. The sun has been out and temperatures and humidity were pretty reasonable Monday and Tuesday. It was a welcome relief from last week&#8217;s heat.<\/p>\n<p>Monday I took the electric bill outside to do a meter reading to see how bad the bill for the AC during the heat wave was going to be. It ended up being about $120 for those 10 days, more than my whole July electric bill last year. It will smart a little when the bill comes, but $12 a day to stay comfortable doesn&#8217;t seem that bad.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday we saw a little rain. The area rain gauges show as little as 0.08&#8243; and as much as 0.25&#8243;. The majority of the storm stayed south, giving southern WI and neighboring states a lot of rain. One line of storms lined up on Dubuque, IA and gave them a reported 10.3&#8243; of rain at the airport as wave after wave of the storm came down the same path like train cars on a track. While we would be delighted if that happened in the Peshtigo River watershed, it is a disaster anywhere else, and our thoughts are with our friends in that area today.<\/p>\n<p>We have a nice weekend ahead.\u00a0 Friday and Saturday look like nice days in the mid-80s. Overnight lows in the low to mid-60s will make evening campfires and star gazing comfotable too.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday the NWS adds in a 30% chance of rain. The NAM and GFS models don&#8217;t think much of it, giving us a QPF of 0.01-0.1&#8243; per 6 hours.<\/p>\n<p>There are not a lot of events this weekend, but there are a few.<\/p>\n<p>The Crivitz Rescue Squad is having a Ride For Rescue this Saturday. It is a fundraiser for the Crivitz Rescue Squad that leaves Riverside in at 11:30am. <a href=\"http:\/\/crivitzrescue.com\/crsbikeride.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Here is a link<\/a> (PDF!).<\/p>\n<p>The Crooked Lake Lion&#8217;s Club is having a Brat Fry Saturday at the Lakewood Super Value store from 10-2.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazeau Fire, Rescue and Dive Team\u2019s Annual Fundraiser Picnic is this Saturday too. Brazeau is a little south of White Potato Lake.<\/p>\n<p>It was pretty pleasant working outside this week. Not only was the weather nice, the bugs were pretty much absent. I was working on a place in the woods by a lake, and I did not see a mosquito at all. I think one of the guys had a deer fly, but that was it. No complaints here!<\/p>\n<p>I did have a few critter sightings this week, but two are a little in doubt. One was a little critter crossing the road about a mile west of McCaslin Mountain Campground about sunset Tuesday. I am guessing that it was a weasel, fisher or a marten, but without a better look it is speculative.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I was heading west on Eagle River Rd near Northway Dr (Old A) when a critter ambled across the road about 1\/8th of a mile ahead of me. By my assessment it was a cougar, but I can&#8217;t be sure. The size,\u00a0 body shape, and walk were right, but without seeing that long tail I can&#8217;t say it was for sure a big cat.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond those there were a few deer and porcupines, and an osprey on the river last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>We will be having fun on the rivers again this weekend. The Peshtigo is on the low side at -2, but still runnable. The Menominee is varying between 1,000-1,800cfs, good to go either way. If fast water isn&#8217;t your thing, check out the sit on top kayaks where you can tour the upstream end of Caldron Falls Flowage, or the tubing.<\/p>\n<p>Well there is much to do today, so I am off to go and jump into another full day in the beautiful north woods.<\/p>\n<p>Have a good weekend and thank you for visiting!<\/p>\n<p>RJB<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings and welcome! I apologize for not having an early week report. I have been working away from home this week. It has been a nice week. The sun has been out and temperatures and humidity were pretty reasonable Monday and Tuesday. It was a welcome relief from last week&#8217;s heat. 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