No question that Saturday was rough.
Sunday saw half of Saturday's wind, and in sight here were a few dozen big boats. There
was one large sailboat getting all wrapped-up in the lake's tricky winds
and one 13½-foot sailboard and one 12-foot windsurfer. ("Big boats" means any powerboat larger than the Marine Patrol outboard boats—btw, what size overall
are those MP outboards anyway, 20-22-feet?)
But Monday
afternoon was a truly remarkable afternoon for "The Weekend Before The 4th": I saw just four boats.
1) A
canoe doing a slow-tow of a
kayak (the kayak's only occupant being a toddler in a PFD)
across open water.
2) A small
outboard towing a skier, who spent the first hour with two passengers. He later appeared solo—still towing a skier—
and no passengers at all!
Once, that boat left the skier in the water to retrieve a ski which had been dropped about ½-mile away. The skier was just a tiny blob in three square miles of water, but was in no immediate danger from other boats—'cause
there weren't any other boats in sight!
3) And lastly, a "small"
bowrider (who witnessed the canoe/kayak-tow),
whose trip was to visit me! 
Prediction: The week of July 4th will make up for all of May
and June.
