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Message of the Day – Open Water

January 26, 2013 By: Cal Skinner Category: Crystal Lake, Frozen, Geese

Even if it is icy cold, geese seem to like open water.  This is as late in the year as I have seen an unfrozen Crystal Lake.

Even if it is icy cold, geese seem to like open water. This is as late in the year as I have seen an unfrozen Crystal Lake.

Earlier this week, Crystal Lake was covered with snow.

Now a large portion of the eastern part of Crystal Lake is unfrozen.

Message of the Day – Ice and Snow

December 04, 2010 By: Cal Skinner Category: Crystal Lake, Frozen, Geese, Ice, Message of the Day, Snow

Yesterday I showed you the calm before the storm on Crystal Lake.

Here’s what the lake looked like early Saturday morning during the storm:

A Lakewood Gate 9 view of Crystal Lake's not totally frozen lake during the first big snowfall of the year.

A couple of blocks closer to the East end of the lake geese were swimming in the open water and standing on the ice.

The only geese I saw were right out from the Main Beach House.

Message of the Day – Miss Me Yet?

June 28, 2010 By: Cal Skinner Category: Crystal Lake, Crystal Lake Main Beach, Frozen, Gate 3, Ice, Lakewood, Main Beach, Main Beach House, Message of the Day, Snow

A snow covered view of the Crystal Lake Main Beach from Lakewood's Gate 3 (used to be) Beach.

If winter could talk, it might be asking,

“Miss me yet?”

The view from Gate 3 without snow and ice.

My answer:

“Nope.”