{"id":2588,"date":"2017-05-31T00:32:18","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T06:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northerndestinations.com\/scindex\/?p=2588"},"modified":"2017-05-31T00:32:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T06:32:18","slug":"wednesday-5-31-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northerndestinations.com\/scindex\/wednesday-5-31-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday 5-31-17"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greetings and welcome!<\/p>\n

The weekend was a fun one. The weather stayed mostly nice, and there were a lot of people around taking part in all of the fun stuff that we do on weekends.<\/p>\n

The forecast changed at the last minute and suggested that Sunday would be a soggy one. Thankfully that storm came overnight Saturday night into Sunday morning, and Sunday turned out to be a nice day. About 4pm a thunderstorm cell came through with some short lived but very intense rain. Monday brought a cooler day with some wind. Later in the day the unsettled weather brought spotty showers and some really cool cloud formations. The spotty showers and cool windy day was a repeat for Tuesday.<\/p>\n

We have what looks like a couple of nice days in the 70s ahead for Wednesday-Friday. There is a chance of rain both days on the weekend. I am going to let the weekend get a little closer before I buy into any scenarios. A little faster or a little slower timing on the weekend weather could leave us with a great weekend.<\/p>\n

The whitewater rafting on the Peshtigo River last weekend was a blast. The river was hungry Saturday and there were exciting pop-ups, raft burials and disappearing acts, and some really epic wipe-outs. I had a lot of pictures that were just a leg or a paddle or a head sticking up out of the river as people took the rapids deep. A lot of people got a swim, and they had a blast.<\/p>\n

Sunday was the polar opposite as far as the river being hungry. I saw raft after raft get away with a deep line run at the rapids that should have been a guaranteed wipeout, only to pop out intact. It was still huge fun, just with a little less carnage.<\/p>\n

The river should be great for next weekend. The normal flow is 500cfs, and today it is at 800, and the graph is pretty flat. That translates to about a +12\u201d river level, and it should be at least 6\u201d+ for the weekend. Get it while you can.<\/p>\n

The gators (mosquitoes) were hit and miss, but when they were a hit they were plentiful. I walked through a wooded area in one spot and emerged with a cloud of them around me. My Repel 40 served me well and I only got a few welts, but the cloud was impressive. Most of the rest of my time outside they were pretty minimal. I encountered a few wood ticks, but nothing unusual.<\/p>\n

A couple of passing thoughts.. First I am happy that I didn\u2019t hear very much in the way of emergency vehicle sirens over the weekend. Hopefully than means it was a safe holiday.<\/p>\n

The other passing thought was a little pride and appreciation that so many people were remembering what the Memorial Day weekend holiday was really about. I liked that a lot.<\/p>\n

I am going to leave you with a few rafting pictures from the weekend. Have a good week and thank you for visiting!<\/p>\n

RJB<\/p>\n