Dog Days…
In one week all the boat traffic, car traffic and general confusion headed south. It still amazes me after all these years what the start of the school year brings to the northwoods.

First there is a definite deference in the actual sunlight. The lower sun angle brings out a golden sheen to everything and the sky is a lot bluer. Yes, I know what’s around the corner after fall but lets not talk about it. There’s less traffic in town and you can actually find a parking place plus find a table at our café without a very long wait.

Once again the restaurant people and motel/hotel owners are singing the early fall blues but that’s the business life they choose to buy into. We’ll have a week’s grace prior to the Labor Day rush when all the cottage people run up the white flag and pull roots. During this three-day weekend it’s a mad house pulling boats, docks and everything else out of the water before the water turns a nasty cold.
This is it folks, butt busting time, all must be in order for the Packer’s first game for nothing gets done on Sundays there after. Once the whistle blows to the start of the first game, forget it. Knowing this year’s team forget about the season. But hope springs eternal but that’s three seasons away.