Snow is melting a bit with rain and fog expected later this weekend...it will be interesting to see what brave souls venture out here for a look.  This is a photographers mecca and hikers too, in any type of weather, so we are laying bets on the amount of visitors we will have for the day.  Gives us something to do!  We'll bet on anything to pass the time!  (Do I sound like Charly R?)  Got all our Christmas cards done yesterday and sent them with one of the township guys who was heading towards town...saved us a trip;-)  They put away the picnic tables so the landscape is a clear view of the stony approach to the bay.  Water level is way down....everyone comments on it.  A lighthouse keeper two years ago (we have to keep a daily log, so its interesting reading to flip back the pages to read past entries) said the water was up to the beach.  Now it's about 1/4 mile to the water from the beach.  We walked out there, picking our way through the piles of stones all the way to the point then found an easier path back into the woods.  One lighthouse keeper said this is his 5th lighthouse he's worked in....interesting.  This can become a working vacation lifestyle if you are fit and available.  Absolute quiet, except the icy lapping sounds of the water on the rocks.  I think we saw bear tracks yesterday.  Possible?