It's a beautiful spring morning here at Joe's Pond.  Fred and I are heading down to take pictures of Larry and Ray setting up the flag and pallet.  They will get the clock set up, but of course we're going to have to deal with the time change, so we may not officially start the clock until tomorrow.  We'll leave that up to Diane - she has the clock and will be the official word on that.

The weather here is gorgeous.  My front deck thermometer is reading 40 degrees already, but the one outside my office is at 26, but rising rapidly.  We are expecting temps in the high 40's or low 50's today.  It's a great day to be setting up the pallet and flag for the Ice-Out Contest, and we are very pleased to have it out there this early.  No telling what the conditions will be later on in the month.  Later today I'll post some pictures and give you any updates on the contest.  Ticket sales are really revving up now, so it looks like it'll be a good year.