This morning I awakened to the sounds of gentle rain which grew louder and louder until I had to partially shut the window. Of course I lingered a while before arousing from my bower and beginning the puttering of the day. At first, looking out at the lake, the surface was flat and the rain was coming straight down. Water was racing out of the little bay infront of the cottage. Gradually, the wind picked up. Now it is blowing at 20 knots and the seas are mounting; likely to reach 2 meters by late afternoon. There is fog. The haze blurs the outlines of the shore across Little Pike Bay. Lake Huron is now 578.04 feet above mean sea level; a foot and a half above the low level in the 1960's, and 3 and a half feet below the highest levels in 1986.
There is more water news here at the cottage. We now have a hole in the ground to get water. Actually, a 132 feet deep hole, nicely capped for now, eventually to bring us @ 10 gallons per minute well water. With all the expansive water of Lake Huron, why go to a well you might ask? Well, "...the answer is complicated" as I recall the answer given to reporters by the call girl of the then Governor of New York, Spitzer. I imply no such nefarious doings here though. Rather, a well has been in the long range plans of the cottage, to have it drilled while helping Bill with his land development plans. The opportunity is now, so we have taken it. Finishing off the well water project will have to wait at least another year. For now, the hole is in the ground and we await water analysis to determine if we need to scrub out iron, or sulfur, or whatever the aquafer has to offer. I have spoken with several people with cottages on Devil's Glen Road (Purgatory Harbour for those who want to know) and they describe wildly different well depths, water contents, etc. Next door neighbors, less than 100 feet apart are all different. I guess I don't understand bedrock aquafers like ours. For now at least, we will continue to shower, wash dishes, and flush our toilet with pumped from Lake Huron water, and schlep osmosis or steam derived filtered ultravioleted store boughten water for drinking (pitcher in the frig), ice cubes and coffee making.
It is fairly cool today and I have the heater on to make things toasty what with the wind blowing off the Lake with it 10 degree Celsius water temperature.
There is more water news here at the cottage. We now have a hole in the ground to get water. Actually, a 132 feet deep hole, nicely capped for now, eventually to bring us @ 10 gallons per minute well water. With all the expansive water of Lake Huron, why go to a well you might ask? Well, "...the answer is complicated" as I recall the answer given to reporters by the call girl of the then Governor of New York, Spitzer. I imply no such nefarious doings here though. Rather, a well has been in the long range plans of the cottage, to have it drilled while helping Bill with his land development plans. The opportunity is now, so we have taken it. Finishing off the well water project will have to wait at least another year. For now, the hole is in the ground and we await water analysis to determine if we need to scrub out iron, or sulfur, or whatever the aquafer has to offer. I have spoken with several people with cottages on Devil's Glen Road (Purgatory Harbour for those who want to know) and they describe wildly different well depths, water contents, etc. Next door neighbors, less than 100 feet apart are all different. I guess I don't understand bedrock aquafers like ours. For now at least, we will continue to shower, wash dishes, and flush our toilet with pumped from Lake Huron water, and schlep osmosis or steam derived filtered ultravioleted store boughten water for drinking (pitcher in the frig), ice cubes and coffee making. Well, the rain has stopped, the fog and mist are still heavy all around us, so maybe this would be a good time for my daily walk.
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