SO FAR, SO GOOD

SIOUX RIVER ABOVE THE BIG ROCK. NO FLOODING AT THIS TIME

Saturday, 9:00 AM.  32 degrees F at the ferry dock, 31 on the back porch.  Wind NNE, calm with light to moderate gusts.  The humidity is 95%, the barometer steady at 30.01".  It is snowing steadily, with about 2" already on the ground.  It will melt pretty quickly but for now it is a wet, sticky, but very pretty business.  Monday and Tuesday should clear up somewhat.
   We talked with friends And and Judy yesterday and they will indeed come up from Milwaukee on Monday and tap some trees at their place on Old Hwy. K.  I am looking forward to helping them with sugaring, and we will see how it goes with us old folks, if we are sensible about what we do and where.

   As of yesterday, the snow had mostly melted, and since we have not had significant precipitation of late,  we haven't been experiencing any flooding.  Most of the rivers in the Bayfield area are steep runoff streams, and right now are not running very high at all.  That could change with additional snow melt or heavy rain, but so far it looks like we will not experience much if any flooding.
  The previous several winters there was a lot of snow melt and the water was high everywhere.

   So far, so good.