March 9, 2015

Beautiful ice conditions on Lake Michigan in March — speedskating past icebergs and the Grand Haven Lighthouse.

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Grand Haven Lighthouse is just about exactly due east across the lake from Milwaukee.

ADDED: Those conditions — on March 2d — look very similar to the wonderful conditions we experienced on Lake Mendota in early January 2011, when Meade video'd me slow-skating.

AND: It's funny to put this up today. Winter can be lovely, but we're happy that winter gave way to spring here yesterday, as if it got the cue from the switch to daylight saving time. Temperatures at 49 and over all week, with lots of sun. Meade took the ice skates out of the car yesterday and stowed them in the house somewhere.

6 comments:

MadisonMan said...

Was at Lake Michigan yesterday -- beautiful azure/turquoise waters! -- but no ice at all where I was. A little yet tossed up on shore, but the shoreline was clear.

rhhardin said...

I just turned off a bunch of old computers. I don't need the heat anymore.

tim in vermont said...

The lake outside my window is not "honeycombing" yet, as it should be in March. Ice fisherman's trucks are still parked out there.

Usually by March, it is time to think about bringing the shanties ashore. Of course, now that tent shanties are so cheap, portable, and comfortable, the Grumpy Old Men type shanties are becoming less popular.

Hagar said...

"Solar-powered plane attempting
unprecedented fossil fuel-free flight"

Hey, isn't that thing made from plastics?

Ignorance is Bliss said...

The other day, when the temperature reached 30, I thought to myself It's nice that it got so warm. Then I realized that it is still literally freezing cold.

I'm overdue for spring.

Heartless Aztec said...

nice...