Deja Vu...

Different morning, same situation. I was up at 5:00 this morning to get ready for the breakfast cruise... light rain. By the time I started cleaning up, it had turned into heavy rain. A quick check of area radar, then the call on the radio: the breakfast cruise is canceled. Again. There's a big rain cell to the west, so it's going to be over us for a while. I feel bad for visitors who have planned for any of these cruises and are only here for a short time. As always, Mother Nature gets the final say.

We had a morning scenic cruise and an afternoon scenic cruise. The ceiling and visibility had gone down by the afternoon cruise. I spoke with the people on that cruise and explained that they might not see much. They said, "We just want to go for a nice boat ride."

"That we can do," I told them. Nice folks. And while they didn't seen mountains, we did see some elk and a bald eagle. It's never the same thing twice.

No sunset cruise this evening... probably had something to do with the fact that it's pouring rain. ;-)

I used the free time to do some training with the first mates. People have been very understanding.

The lake level is rising fast - the rain is melting much of the snow on the mountains. The Snake River and the streams in the area are really flowing; with the rising lake level, we are seeing a lot of logs and debris in the lake. Add the reduced vis and you really have to stay on your toes.