Greetings and welcome!<\/p>\n
Spring is making progress, especially after a couple of nice days. In my travels I am seeing some small lakes that are now ice free, but two miles down the road the next lake will still have a lid on it.<\/p>\n
Caldron Falls at Landing 11 was opening a lot in the narrow river areas Monday and I would expect that you could get a boat in by now. Boat landing #2 on High Falls still held ice Monday. A drive over the X bridge over High Falls had the fast moving areas by the bridge open but ice still covering the big lake.<\/p>\n
Another sign of spring is that the frogs in my pond started getting noisy yesterday. This evening it was really loud. Vreep.<\/p>\n
The driveway and some side roads are firming up nicely, or at least they were before last night\u2019s rain. Like the lake ice, it is a process of varied speeds. There are sheltered areas that still hold snow and ice or are muddy, and the frost coming out of the ground there is going to take a while. The sunny spot in my driveway and several gravel roads that I traveled Monday were firm.<\/p>\n
I will be avoiding some of my favorite forest road shortcuts ( or long cuts..) until at least next week. A trip down one last Wednesday turned into an adventure when the mud started getting a little too deep and I had to turn around. I did get home without a strap, but it was quite a ride. At that point I will leave the more sheltered forest roads alone for a week or two.<\/p>\n
Along that same line ATV trails are thawing out, but sheltered areas still hold snow and ice. It will be a while before they firm up, especially in deep woods areas and north of Benson Lake Rd where they seem to get just a little more winter than we do here in Silver Cliff. While we are progressing nicely, we have a ways to go before trails can open.<\/p>\n
We are seeing a return of a lot of birds now. Robins are back as are several other species. The sandhill cranes were making quite a ruckus back by the lake last Sunday morning.<\/p>\n
So far the insect world remains dormant. In my limited time outside I did not have any encounters at all. One friend reported the first ticks on his dog.<\/p>\n
The whitewater rafting season is upon us and the Peshtigo River is flowing good and is open for boating. Right now it is running at a +12\u201d @ 816cfs, a very fun level. The slope of the gauge shows that it is on the rise. With 65 degree weather possible this weekend it will be a good weekend to hit the river.<\/p>\n
That is about it for this morning\u2019s update. Have a good week and thank you for visiting!<\/p>\n
RJB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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