This week has been marked by a rapid transition to spring in all of it’s glory. Warm days with little wind and clear blue skies. Our crocuses and daffodils came into bloom this week and the grass is looking green. The birds have gone into full spring mode as rapidly. This week I noted the first bluebird song, turkeys gobbling every morning and the grouse in the woodlot drumming.
Argy and I attended the Maine Professional Guides Association Annual Banquet. It was a great time with a very good turnout. For me it has become an event that I do not want to miss because the room is filled with many friends and peers. It is good to see these folks, swap a few stories and hear about their plans for the coming year. Of course there are always folks there from the Departments of Fish and Wildlife and Conservation along with a few legislators and other dignitaries.
This afternoon was warm and sunny with a milky blue sky. I knew that once the afternoon sea breeze started the air would chill quickly. So I did the best thing I could think of, I loaded a canoe and headed down to the Saint George River for an hour or two. The ice is out of Seven Tree Pond enough so that I could launch and paddle up into the river. The water level is very high, those of you that have been on this trip will remember the rock up river that is at least six feet above the water level in the summer was nearly covered with water.
