5/7/09 – The ice is gone from Sawbill Lake this morning, at least as far as we can see from the canoe landing. We’ll know more this evening after we go for our first paddle of the season. Four days ago it was 17.5″ thick and safe to walk on. Last year it went out on the evening of May 6th. – Bill

Roy contemplates the peaceful, watery scene at Sawbill Lake this morning.

A few steps away from the canoe landing, this snowbank reminds us of the hard winter just past.

This was the scene yesterday afternoon.