Category Archives: Rivers and Lakes

Vol XV # 361 – Waking Up Tomorrow… 5 to10 or More

It has been a very nice early Spring day so far, 40 degrees, periods of sunshine, but soon to return to Winter.  Heavy wet snow is predicted for the overnight hours with threat of power outages.  Hopefully we will have internet access for the Report.        

Vol XV # 360 – Winter Storm Watch

Not a bad day at all, some sunshine for an hour.  Every once in awhile you can find a patch of snow that hasn’t melted yet, you would think that maybe winter was over… it ain’t.  We are under a winter storm warning with the threat of 6 to 10 inches by Thursday night. Below… Congratulations to Leland native son,… Read more »

Vol XV # 352 – Meggen’s Monday

  It’s a rainy day here. As I pulled in to the parking lot by the harbor this morning, an otter scampered by on land near the Manitou Isle. A few minutes went by and it emerged beneath the dock. Enjoy the rain – it promises spring flowers!         

Vol XV # 347 – Rain Rain Go Away

The sudden melting hasn’t changed the beachscape as the persistent west and northwest winds have swept and kept the beach clean of snow all winter.  The inset is the Biscuit Report from one year ago yesterday.  What’s left of this winters snow remains in plow mounds.  After a rainy, foggy  and in general dreary day, the sun has returned.  Tomorrow the temperature… Read more »

Vol XV # 346 – A Nice Tuesday

Today’s pictures are revisits to familiar places with nice cloud formations.  What is special about today is the temperature which is 66 degrees.  The snow which has dominated our landscape is disappearing rapidly.  The downside: One of the better iceboating seasons coming to an end, berging probably not an event as well as any activity associated with snow and ice. One year… Read more »

Vol XV # 345 – Meggen’s Monday

Today’s photographs are from a couple of hikes taken over the weekend in our nearby national lakeshore. The melting snow made patterns all over the dunes. It was still chilly enough that it probably wasn’t melting very fast while we were out there.          

Vol XV # 335 – Big Blue’s Island Alter

Overnight Big Blue throttled down a whole bunch of mph’s.  People who come down here to the shoreline often pause for a minute or two facing the islands and look like they are saying a few words before heading south. Below a group of ice boaters preparing for a great day on probably the best ice conditions in years.       … Read more »