The ice was late last year
Last year was the latest the ice become safe off our beach. We have a tradition of spending New Year's day at the lake, and have always been able to walk on the ice. Several years ago, there was open water on December 31 and yet it was three inches thick on New Year's day, due to a zero degree nite causing a flash freeze. This year, we did not dare go on the ice on January 1. That was a first. As nature often does, things balanced out. By February, the ice was thicker than normal. The earliest walk on the ice was December 17'th, about 10 years ago.
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