4/15/14 – Today’s Sawbill Lake ice measurement is 31″. There was very little progress yesterday. The high temperature was 25F and the low was 13F. The sun did provide a little melting, despite the cold temperatures.
Here are some pictures taken by ice measurement crew this morning:

First the bad news. The Sawbill store still looks like the middle of winter, except for the snow being shed from the metal roof.

Now the good news. Sawbill Creek is wide open, which is a major indicator of impending spring.

Leif Gilsvik hanging out on the old, abandoned bridge across Sawbill Creek.