No, it's not an April Fools' Day joke. There really is this much open water in front of our place. It's unbelievable for this time of year.

Last year on April Fools' Day the temperature was -25C. Today it will get to +20C, and by Saturday it will be +25C.

In our 12 years on the lake,the ice has left around April 25. This year it's going so fast it may disappear before April 10. I'm going canoe-ing this weekend.