Author Archives: billbuchholz

There’s always Moosehead. How many times have careful readers of these ice reports read that line as winter wanes and the sap begins to run? It’s the light at the beginning of the long tunnel of summer. The hope that … Continue reading →

Here’s the lake this morning just after sunrise taken in Greenville Junction. The slush alongshore has frozen, and the plate is reported to be hard but not totally smooth. Sounds about right. Wind today and tomorrow is excellent. Accommodations at … Continue reading →

After a mixed bag of precipitation late last week, the plate is struggling to wet out. There is the rest of today with warm temps, and then we have three days of cold and wind Monday through Wednesday. If we … Continue reading →

It didn’t look hopeful pulling into the small village of Lambton, a little over an hour from the border in Quebec. Snow was falling into a wet matrix on the ice, the howling wind was whipping it into frosting and … Continue reading →

Happy Day One of Spring. It’s a lovely day to clean the yard, roll out the soft water boat, cut brown tail moth nests from trees. This is also the time of year where we have big temperature swings. If … Continue reading →