When I got up this morning, it was clear that something had happened on the slough. The water that was lapping at the edge of the end of the boardwalk had dropped dramatically overnight. The ice jam that had made it look like a lake instead of a moving body of water had apparently let loose overnight. Breakup 2010 was a relatively low-drama event, and that is mostly a good thing. However, there is apparently not a lot of water coming down from upstream, it having been a relatively snowless year both here and there. That means that the folks going out for logs are not meeting up with a whole lot of success. That is not good for those who heat in part with wood. It also means that the barge season may be cut short as fall approaches. A couple of years ago, some villages got caught short on fuel oil deliveries when the barges couldn't get up the river. I hope that this year will be different.
Four sleeps to go...
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