ice out pictures....almost

[Ty Sennett]

We took a boat ride today and snapped some pictures. The lake is at exactly 1310 level so it is three feet below high water mark. The level has come up about ten inches in the last two weeks. We didn't have much trouble getting around on the west side but did have some really thin ice out by Petes that might be out by daybreak. There was some ice in a few other areas like Moss Creek and by Popple island but for the most part you could get around pretty good. About 80% of the lake is out. The whole lake should be out by the end of tomorrow I would guess. I picked today to go out. I though Robert Boston had today picked for ice out for some reason. I was wrong anyway. Great day for a boat ride. warm and sunny. Looks like Trav won the ice out game. I'll check tomorrow to make sure he won.

From left to right here they are:

1. Standing on the south portion of Eagle's Nest island looking south toward Weiner Island.
2. The stump field out in the middle looking west toward Crane creek in upper left and Crystal Lake entrance in the upper middle.
3. Looking north at Birch Island
4. Creeper Island(the small island just south of Hay Creek Narrows) looking southeast toward Little Petes
5. Sitting on Cedar Tops looking west toward Horseshoe Island