When we got here it was 9 degrees or 10 degrees depending on whose thermometer you wanted to pick.
Those not going on the water are like, "oh it's 9, oh my gosh."
Those of us going are more like, "please let it be 10."
In this kind of cold every degree counts. So 10 is warmer than 9 and that means something.
Now that we've been here a few hours, it's now 14 degrees. Of course someone's thermometer will argue with me, but mentally I like the trend. It's already getting easier to type these words.
Those 4 or 5 degrees could mark the beginning of a regular heat wave on the lake.