Ice In/Ice Out Winners

Laurie Hable gets the win! Congratulations!

To those of you looking at the open water and wondering why I didn't call it several days ago, we've had a stubborn rim of ice all along our whole shore going out about 100 feet, from the park stretching almost all the way to the bay. I believe it was the first to freeze, and remained frozen during the thaws in December, so it was probably the thickest ice on the lake this year. To be honest about it, some ice remains from Richardsons to Adzicks, but it's being pummeled by the wind and breaking up quickly. It's one of the few times I'm grateful for a strong north wind!

This date ties the earliest ice-out date of March 8, 2000. Laurie Hable wins the pool by a mile - hers is the earliest guess, with the next guess by Josh Vogel for March 17th. Bob Adomaitis called the ice-in on January 15th - that's 53 days, folks. 53 days of ice on Lake Riley this year. Unbelievable.

Happy Spring, everyone!
Anne Florenzano