Tanner and I tried to cross in front of the Bluff from East to West this afternoon (11-Mar-09), however were deterred by deep clay. I became stuck and was soaked by lake splash!
The above video was captured with my LG VX8350 (standard clamshell mobile phone). If you can't view it, you're probably behind the times and are still using Internet Explorer to browse the Web. Tsk tsk.
Calm Waters
A sign of Spring? Lake Ontario's waters have flattened today, and the icy shore is breaking apart. For those of us Winter Sportsmen, it's not looking good...
Break out those paddles!
Bluff on a Cold Day
The low temperature was 5 deg. F last night. Coming in late from an amazing moonlight ski, the air was biting to the face. It looks like the temps mid-next week will drop even lower. Of course to me, given that we will keep getting snow, this is all very exciting!
Below are some photos I just snapped of the face of the Bluff and the waters below:
Top of Lake Bluff
Bluffs from West
Tim Stiess is Engaged
Tim Stiess is engaged! For any Bluffers who didn't receive the announcement email coming from him, send on a note and I'll forward to you so you can send your congrats!Also, I came across a recent Graduate Student Spotlight on Tim on the Virginia Tech website.
Crazy Out Here
It's very WINDY at Lake Bluff. Freakish. Great.
Speaking of which, kite surfing this upcoming summer, anyone?
Speaking of which, kite surfing this upcoming summer, anyone?
Fresh Powder
Lots of snow yesterday!!! 8-10 inches on top of the frozen base should make for a few days of good skiing, snowshoes maybe be in order for today!
Joe's flight into Rochester was canceled, rescheduled, and canceled. Ended up flying to Laguardia, spending some quality time on the tarmac in a prop plane, and eventually making his way to the BUF airport, where I drove out to from my hideout in Irondequoit. We arrived back at Lake Bluff at 2am.
19th-Century Schooner Found in Lake Ontario
News article courtesy of our dear mayor, CJB:
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Two explorers conducting underwater surveys of Lake Ontario have uncovered an aquatic mystery — a rare 19th-century schooner sitting upright 500 feet under the waves.
Jim Kennard and Dan Scoville located the 55-foot long dagger-board ship unexpectedly this fall using deep scan sonar equipment off the lake's southern shore, west of Rochester.
The ship is the only dagger-board known to have been found in the Great Lakes. Kennard said vessels of this type were used for a short time in the early 1800s. The dagger-board was a wood panel that could be extended through the keel to improve the ship's stability. The dagger-boards could be raised when the schooner entered a shallow harbor, allowing the boat to load and unload cargo in locations that would not otherwise be accessible to larger ships. [continue reading...]
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