Thanks to John Curran at Associated Press in Montpelier, Vermont, we made news at Joe's Pond again. Here's a link to the article about all our snow, broken records, etc. Thanks, John!

AP Article

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We thought you might like to see that spring is finally here. This will also give those of you with Ice-Out tickets an idea about how much melting has been going on in the last few days (a lot!) and how much more there is to go. We think things will move fast at least for about a week. We're expecting temps in the high 60's and 70's until Sunday, and then a couple days of rain. There is quite a bit of green showing on lawns even in Danville where there's bare ground. Not so much around West Danville and Joe's Pond, though. The brooks are full coming into the pond, and that makes the only outlet, Joe's Brook, a raging force. We went down to the power plant but there was too much snow to be able to safely get a good picture of the water near the plant. Downstream the water is swift and deep - and probably very cold, and Fred wasn't up for a dip this morning. We then went up Rt. 15 to avoid the mud on W. Shore Rd., and took pictures across from Walden Country Store of the Joe's Brook Falls. Lots of water coming into the pond, and that, of course, isn't the only source. The brooks coming into the pond from the hillside along W. Shore Road are running high, as well. We showed you some pictures of one of the brooks from Cabot Plain. There are at least two others from the Plain that feed into Joe's Pond that I can think of. I hope you enjoy the slide show.

Spring at Joe's Pond