Springtime temps are here: Yowzer, the next four days are going to be warm. The daytime temps will all be 40F or above, with nighttime temps. in the 20s to mid 30s…
Lone Ice Shack: We don’t often get an actual fishing shack on Caesar Pond (this is the first time in the 12 years we’ve lived here). Usually people haul out a sled and fish only for a few hours. We’ll see how long this shack stays.
Walk in the woods: We went for a 3.92 mile walk across the pond this afternoon. It was rather a rough walk as we went on part of the trail that doesn’t have much snowmobile traffic. (Click on picture for a larger view.)
Hunting Blind: We took a side trail into the woods toward Cedar Bog and came upon a camouflaged hunting blind.
Bait: The blind had a straight line of sight to some cow carcasses that were put out as bait. There were lots of tracks (mostly bird) all through the snow. If this was the wildlife manager, he was probably doing another eagle count, or maybe a coyote count (although we didn’t see canine tracks).
Weather Update: It was a dreary, cold, and damp day with the high temp. of 32 in the morning. The temperature stayed at around 30F most of the day, and is rapidly falling as I write this post at 8:50 pm. There is a cold wind blowing, and the sky is now clear with lots of stars sparkling in the darkness. The temp. is supposed to drop to 9F (with a wind chill of -5F) by 6am tomorrow. We are scheduled for a frigidly cold Sunday with a high of 17F and the wind chill at around 0F all day long. Brrr…..
Snow on Pond: We have been noticing interesting patterns of when slush occurs or not…There is only about 1 inch of snow covering the pond ice (even after warm days this week; yesterday was 42F.) The snow on the pond was dry and absolutely perfect for walking on even after the sun had been beating down on it all day long. When there are many inches of snow, say a foot, a day like today would have yielded the typical snow/slush/ice layering which would have been awful to walk through…Just an observation…
Turkey Trot: Drew happened upon a small flock of turkeys while out on a walk. Funny thing about turkeys, they have no fear of automobiles, but seeing a person on foot sends them running.
North end of Caesar Pond: We decided to take advantage of the hour of sunlight left, upon our arrival home from school, to walk to the north end of the pond. The afternoon was brilliantly sunny and warm. The high temp. for the day was 42.6F. WOW! (Click on the photo for a larger view.)
Springs at north end of Caesar Pond: There are several springs at the north end of the pond, and we were surprised to see how pithy the ice was covering them. Usually, by this time of year, we can walk over the springs without a care. That is not the case this year. (Click on the photo for a larger view.)
