All,
I drove around the lake last night - here's what I saw; there is still a lot of ice on the lake. There's lots of edge melt and pockets/channels are opening up. I've attached a pic from Sassafras looking out towards Tilton Hilton taken this morning (The open water is due to aerators). With the warm temps yesterday and continuing until Friday we'll see more melt however; I don't think the ice will totally disappear (keeping the Lake cold). From Sunday onward they are forecasting much colder temps for the next 9 days. Based upon current conditions and the weather forecast I expect we'll have safe, good quality/consistent ice by New Years eve.
Andy