March 13, 2010. Calhoun is in great shape - grippy and fast 20" ice. I saw no hazards on the southern half of the lake. East shore is walk-on still.
Sailed until past dark in a vest with a lone DN iceboat. More on Sunday for sure.
/Adam
Calhoun today, 3/13
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Re: Calhoun today, 3/13
Thanks for the post Adam! It inspired me to head out to Waconia to at least try to fly a kite. Brought the board and big kite out and it was really good. About a 1/2" of slurpy type slush; very edgeable with a snowboard and pretty fast too. Got even faster as the sun started setting. Standing water was mininal. Wind steady and oddly warm. Gloves off. 
With time change may even get out this week at some point after work. Tomorrow looks promising. Hope that surface sticks around for awhile.
With time change may even get out this week at some point after work. Tomorrow looks promising. Hope that surface sticks around for awhile.
Re: Calhoun today, 3/13
Today (Sunday 3/14) was a party out there. 64 degrees. No gloves. T shirt. Acres of lycra beautified the beach.
The 6 or so DN's were doing 45 mph on GPS and well, I was staying with 'em. Figure mid to high 30's. Sailed 40 miles easy. 4-5 kites came out.
Good stuff from noon til sunset. No idea where the 10-15 mph wind came from. Season is long from over.
/Adam
The 6 or so DN's were doing 45 mph on GPS and well, I was staying with 'em. Figure mid to high 30's. Sailed 40 miles easy. 4-5 kites came out.
Good stuff from noon til sunset. No idea where the 10-15 mph wind came from. Season is long from over.
/Adam
Re: Calhoun today, 3/13
Adam,
Was that you on Calhoun with the blue and white foil on Monday afternoon? I had written off the season until I saw your post. Really glad that I made it out Monday. (I was on the red and black ozone.)
You were popping up into the air with amazing frequency -- every two or three minutes, wouldn't you say? Perhaps even more often that that: you'd zip over to one side, pop up 5 to 15 feet, zip over the other side and pop up again. This for hours on end. Three days in a row. That's some serious air time.
Hundreds of lycra-clad, stroller-pushing, puppy-walking people were admiring your skill. You were probably photographed hundreds of times.
--Marc
Was that you on Calhoun with the blue and white foil on Monday afternoon? I had written off the season until I saw your post. Really glad that I made it out Monday. (I was on the red and black ozone.)
You were popping up into the air with amazing frequency -- every two or three minutes, wouldn't you say? Perhaps even more often that that: you'd zip over to one side, pop up 5 to 15 feet, zip over the other side and pop up again. This for hours on end. Three days in a row. That's some serious air time.
Hundreds of lycra-clad, stroller-pushing, puppy-walking people were admiring your skill. You were probably photographed hundreds of times.
--Marc