3/14/25 – I woke up to overcast skies this morning which turned extra dark around 8:30/9am. Although a gray blanket of clouds is not uncommon in the winter this kind of dark seemed out of place for the middle of March. So dark that I started turning on lights I usually wouldn’t in broad daylight. After a couple flashes of lightning kicked things off the rumbling started and then a light rain. As I write this around 10am things are beginning to lighten back up and the rain is slowing down, although the low grade thunder persists.

Also of note; the dreaded slush has begun rearing it’s head on the lake. Yesterday evening I headed out on snowshoes and made it nearly to Boundary Island before it started sucking me down in earnest. It was quite warm out so not really too surprising. I felt lucky I was able to get as far as I did after watching someone get their boot almost sucked off in the slush near landing days before. -Jessica