January 1, 2017. Seemed like a nice day to fly – until you were up in the air. It was very hazy with multiple smog layers. There were a good number of fair weather VFR fliers up today, and even saw an ultralight. Air temperature was in the mid 30’s (on the ground) with only a 7 knot SW wind. Checked all the local lakes and noted most had some degree of ice coverage but one of the sister lakes had no visible ice accumulation.