ACL has always experienced a January thaw. Not quite like this year’s, though.

Just when I thought a complete winter might take me along to experience what I had remembered of winter, Global Warming has woken up the neighborhood. Yesterday the temps nearly made it to 50. Today we’re looking at mid-40s by afternoon. And the rain has come down like I’ve been sitting in a Southeast Asian rice paddy.

The lake was perfectly frozen last week – nearly 12 inches of ice out near the center. I can still walk on parts of the lake, but that wouldn’t be wize. Nonetheless, it’s a beautiful scene, if only a couple months too soon in coming.