Just what we needed.

[jdonalds]

I grew up in Rochester NY. No way I want to live in snow country anymore. Actually I reached my life quota of snow in my first 18 years there so I'm not allowed to live in a place where it snows for the rest of my life. (well we did have 24 hours of snow fall this December but that doesn't count).

I don't want to rub it in but I will. It was so hot here today that I worked on the boat shirtless. It's been in the high 80's to low 90's, sunny, with little wind. There are many bad things about living in California but the weather isn't one of them.

 

[Zarrella]

Damn....I don't think it even snowed in Alaska yesterday. ...lol

 

[motorboater]

For the Twin Cities most lakes are clear of ice around the end of Apr, beginning of May. This yr it's shaping up to be the later of the two... I'm a wuss for cold water, so you won't catch me in until its at least 70 deg. which ends up being sometime in Jun.

Just to add to this... I think average ice-out for 'Tonka is April 15 or so. Some of the smaller lakes around are open as of earlier this week and Tonka is getting close. We are never in the water before Memorial day.

Then we have years like 2012 I think where the lakes were open in March so you never know. Last year most lakes were still iced up in mid-May.

You guys in warmer climates, of course I'm jealous. But its funny the mindset a person has growing up here. This is just the way it is. We bitch about it but most of us stay here anyway. Hard to beat MN lakes in the summer.