[at-l] Summer Has Arrived in NH

[Art Cloutman]

Two weeks ago the ice was declared out on Crystal Lake and a couple 
of days later it was out on the big lake, Winnipesaukee.  Three days 
later the Loons arrived back at Crystal Lake and two day after that i 
saw my first water skiers of the season.  The water temp is around 40 
degrees so when she stop skiing and dropped into the water she 
holler'd up sump'm fierce.  Yesterday the temp reached 88 degrees 
setting all time records all over the state.  All of the ski areas 
have closed for the season but there is tons of snow in the mountains 
still>  I can see Franconia Ridge glowing white in the distance every 
morning when I drive in to Laconia.  Mount Washington shows up from a 
different vantage point also covered in snow.  Guess that's why they 
are called the White Mountains.  Looks like we will have three more 
days of warm/hot weather before we get back to normal spring temps in 
the 50's.  The bad side of this is the warm weather has brought out 
the black flies something fierce.  But maybe a couple of below 
freezing night will kill a lot of them off.
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Life is Good!!!
Art Cloutman