At 9:00 a.m. this morning the weather outside looked as if it hadn't changed one little bit since last evening. The wind was still very strong at 22-25 mph out of the NW, the lake was covered in rolling waves and white caps, the sky was gray and completely covered in clouds, it was spitting rain and the temperature was 46 degrees. As was the case yesterday, I can see no boats on the water.
I did a quick of the weather online and learned that the forecast for tonight was more wind and cold. In fact, the temperature is supposed to dip to 29 degrees.
Realizing that freezing temps could cause a problem with anything water related left outside, I decided to drain the pump we use to draw water from the lake to water the yard and plants, store the garden hoses and put the power washer back inside the cabin. I don't know if it will actually freeze tonight, but I'm not taking any chances.
After taking care of the pump, etc., I gathered up all the garbage and recycling and took it down to the community center where we dump our garbage and recycling. From there I went on into Cass Lake to pick up a few grocery items, but is always the case, I forget the main thing I went into town for -- Half & Half. I like having that for my morning coffee, but will have to use 2% milk or drink it black.
It is still very windy, with the wind at 25+mph out of the north with gusts up over 30 mph. the water is very rough and covered with whitecaps. Unless something dramatic happens, i.e., the wind stops blowing so hard, I won't be able to get out on the lake for the second straight day.
The temperature at 11:30 p.m. was 46 degrees, the wind was still blowing like crazy, and for the second day in a row I didn't make out fishing on Leech Lake.
Monday, September 28, 2009
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