Where's the [Quarry] beach??

All winter on our drives down to The Lake we look across to Quarry Beach and see ridges of ice lining the shore.  That's Quarry Beach below over beyond the breakwater.

Quarry Beach is one of the hidden treasures in this area.  It was the site of an actual brownstone quarry operation back in the early days of Port Wing.  It can look different every time you go there depending on weather and wave action.  Sometimes there are large areas of stones for agate searching; other times all you can see is beautiful sand the whole length of the beach.

Since we don't know how well-maintained the road into Quarry Beach is during the winter, we patiently wait until spring to see what all of that ice has done to the beach.  And today was the day.  Boy, were we surprised!  This picture doesn't show the sudden  5 foot drop down to the level of the rocks...and sandy beach.  Really, usually there is at least 10-20 feet of sandy beach.  And it's gone!  What happened?  Is the water level so high that it reclaimed all those feet of beach?  In light of all the water problems out west, I guess I won't complain about a lake with LOTS of water in it!

So, we'll just have to watch it over time and see what happens with spring and summer weather.  If it stays like this, it will change a whole bunch of summer beach plans!