Island Girl's April Ice Out Tour 2005 - Part 2, page 5
Early evening came, April 16, 2005, and once again the lake was on the move. The wide channel that had opened the night before, became almost as wide as the lake.
Ice movement was very rapid as the lake opened up. We were so excited... watching the ice go out... just amazing, just awesome, just wonderful to be a witness to the power of nature.
Same time, a little further north. The gray way out in the broads is a large piece of ice. We were concerned that it was moving so fast that it would pile up on the docks of Welch Island. Using powerful binoculars we could see the ice pile up on a breakwater on Tuftonboro Neck.
As the sun set, the view as far as we could see was open water. Compare this picture with last nights picture. The difference is as amazing as this was to watch.
Sunday, April 17, 2005, with overnight temperatures below freezing, brought a skim coated lake. This ice was only about 3/8 inch thick and the sun melted it quickly.
More of the skim coat and some large floes near the shore, delay ice out a little longer. This was taken around 10:45 AM, April 17, 2005.
Closer in, the snow still clings to the breakwaters facing north.
A walk back to the NW tip of Rattlesnake Island reveals a very different story from two days ago..
So clear, so calm, so beautiful is our lake. Beyond Diamond Island there is ice, very thin ice. Though not visible in this picture, there were a couple of fishing boats way out there.
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