Woke up those tired old paddling muscles on Sunday with a tandem paddle with my wife on the Oconomowoc River from Monches to Lowes Lake and beyond. Weather was perfect. Lake is 2/3 free of ice. Many unusual migrating ducks on the lake and ice resting up including a loon (very rare for these parts). Also saw deer, turkeys, hawk and vultures. Huge hatch of harmless gnat like bugs above the marshes.