January 1

1/01/08: Tuesday, 9:00 AM Temperature 5 degrees Fahrenheit, barometer predicts sunny weather. Wind calm, very light lake effect snow is falling. Fog, (some locals call it “lake smoke,”) and that’s what it looks like, obscures the (west) channel between Bayfield and Madeline Island. The sun is trying to shine through. It is a beautiful day. Took Lucky the dog for a walk after scraping a bit of snow from the driveway. We have a lot of snow, one of the snowiest Decembers on record. Roads are O.K. but slick with hard packed snow. Wore my Yak Tracks to keep from falling on my butt.