Ice Out Update: April 10, 2015

Spring is on the move and the forecast is showing a warming trend (and a bald eagle on the ice…the black blob).  My intention was to take some gas and supplies into some of the portage lakes, but on a brief excursion on the lake yesterday I came across a very large hole in 20 feet of water.  My plan has changed….I’ll bide my time and either do it by boat or by float plane.

A week ago though I was able to make it back into Caribou Lake with “fishless Hugh” where I bear-proofed things by bringing in some metal gas cans.  It was a little frustrating last year to do the arduous trek only to find the gas gone and the plastic cans full of chew holes!

As you can see there was a brief fishing stop along the way….

Over the Easter holiday Susanne and I did a different kind of excursion….a trip to New York.  While I’m more comfortable in a rain suit carrying a chain saw, here’s proof that I do know what to do with a  tie.  Drinking wine at the Metropolitan Opera…..opera, that’s a first for me.