BAYFIELD INLET. WINTER 2011. PART SIX OF SIX. THATS ALL TWO FOLKS

February 27, 2011

Well its looking like our first ever trip to the island has been a success. Oddly enough I'm finishing up this trip tik from our cabin on what will now be fifth or sixth winter visit.

Packed up we are on our return to the mainland.

Again limited snow cover will see us walk, hike on water.

Nicola Nemy

Moosehead

Looks like we've lucked into a fairly mild day.

Das blogger

Das ice rescue pics.

Other than this guy going solo, just as we past on our way out this trip, ice fishing.

Similar to this fellow, the report from this recent trip was that they were pulling all sorts of fish out.

Predominately Pike and Perch.

Northern Pike

Thompson Marine.

Much success and a precursor to many trips ahead.

Now who's got the keys?

Editor's note: If perchance you enjoyed this story, or if you just wanted to waste some time there are collections of four other ice adventures similar to this one. A search of "Bayfield Inlet", "Ice", "Winter", ??? on this blog should result in a number of posts.

Thanks for your interest.

BAYFIELD INLET. WINTER 2011. PART FIVE OF SIX

February 26, 2011

Cabin winter life.

Olde tyme Coleman supplementing our basic 12Vsolar system that powers our lightning.

We do invert a portion to a very limited 120v to re/charge a few modern items.  

We regularly lay up a rather large cache of dry/non-perishable(Coke??) goods. Never a good place or time to start a diet. 

(not sure how to take that one comes back from a winter expedition packing a couple extra kilos. best not to risk .....)

Bon Appetite.

It's looking like this was a fairly short trek in. Join us tomorrow to see if we do make it out.

BAYFIELD INLET. WINTER 2011. PART FOUR OF SIX

Feb 26, 2011

Couldn't of order a better day for a ice walk about.

This building, and I do use "building", has now been replaced with our just new cottage, 
and I do use 

 "cottage".

Without a kitchen proper, for over twenty five years on the island we've cooked exclusively outside on a two burner cook top. For once in a very few (winter) visits, being refrigerator-less is not a problem today. 

Hauling our usual buckets of water from the bay today not so much.

By 2011 we would slowly be getting new neighbours just down the channel from us.

Ed and Maryann Leslie.

They will have this taken down and replace it with a new cottage.  

As at time in the summer we will not see a sole for days.

Here the dots on the horizon are snowmobile's.

Sled safe my friends.

Sled safe.

Since 2011 we've removed this building and replaced it with our new cottage.

Over the twenty five years we've vacationed on the island, we've only used it intermittently and never in the true sense of a cottage.

Had more of late 60's light industrial plaza feel to it.

Our house out back.

Without ever having a range and oven, we've become quite creative cooking on the wood stove or as the summer has it cook top and campfire.

Well done.

Well done indeed.

Resting up for dinner.

Can't quite remember what I was reading.

Possibly something like:

Live fast,

Die young,

Leave a big fat corpse.

Lets see whats for supper on Part five of six.