Official ICE OUT 2009

Looks like Sunday morning April 26, 2009 is the official ice out here. The wind was out of the north yesterday at 15-20mph. Today it is out of the south at 10mph. NO ICE, still snow in the woods though.
Looks like Paul Therrien is the closest with his guess of "Ice out will be on 4/28/09 at 2:30 pm." wins. This is the earliest that we've seen it in 10 years since we moved here. On April 27, 2007 I took my last ride down the lake on a sled, ice went out May 3, 2007. You'd need a boat this year.

Thanks to everyone that participated. We'll do it again in the fall for"ICE IN".

Last of the snow

Well, as you can see on the webcam the snow is gone from the lawn. Still 2-3' of snow in the woods and the trail is still holding up for the most part. We put the sleds away till November and are on atv's for a the next 3-4 weeks till the ice is off the lake. Then we can travel the 17 miles of lake by boat.....easy going that way. We can get to town in 1 1/2 hours instead of the 2 1/2 to 3 hours that it takes by road. Make sure you enter the Ice out contest....it's free!

ICE OUT CONTEST clarification

I've received several emails to why we need an ice out time. The reason for the "time" is when there are more than several entries for the same day. A day and time narrows it down to only one winner. We'd like to give out several prizes, but we also like to stay in business. No bailouts here. Hope that clears it up.

Tell your friends, and email them to enter also.