We have sad news this morning.  Mike Calevro,  a long time summer resident at Joe's Pond, passed away on Saturday morning.  Our deepest sympathy to his wife, Sheila, and their family. 

We had a cold night, and it hasn't warmed up much so far today.  There was a low of 21 degrees over night and a skimming of snow/frost on everything this morning.  Now my thermometer that's not in the sun is almost up to 30 degrees, so warming is slow.  The ice that looked pretty dark yesterday is now white again, which means it froze up last night.  It's really hard to tell how long it will be before the pallet sinks and stops the clock, but it looks like with cold weather forecast for this week it will delay things considerably.  I don't think the ice will hold until May, but there again, it's hard to tell.  The last time we had a May Ice-Out date was in 2007, and before that, 2001.  We will keep you posted on conditions and let you know as soon as the clock stops.