My Minnetonka Ice-Out 2012

It is going to be in the 70s (fahrenheit) this weekend. I am taking inventory of the situation,and again I will be posting my own "ice out" declaration. Oh, I know the official method. It involvesa small boat traveling unencumbered from Excelsior to Wayzata, and that is fine. My method is a simple ground level observation, and noting the altitude of local television station heliocopters. If I can see the whites of their eyes....