January 27, 2018
With all but for a slight bump up in today's temperature, all systems a go for a winter cabin visit.
Blastoff.
Nice to have Hyla join us.
We've been more than appreciative of a cold winter that has at the start brought 12-18" of ice underfoot.
We are appreciative of a brief warm snap that will afford us a pleasant hike in.
Today's warmer temps has brought some surface water. Always with extreme caution and never taking anything for granted, we tread lightly.
Lunch break.
As we approached the mouth of Alexander Passage, and our island, the ice is showing signs of recent fracturing and refreezing. Not the most reassuring and reflective of the extent of permanent ice cover is not too much further out in the bay.
Wind and water level changes keep things a mix.
Not in the mood of jumping from floe to floe.
(The Inuit have one word for falling in the water but thirteen different laughs.)
A forecast of colder temperatures will offer some reassurance of a safe(r) hike home.
After a couple of hours,
glad to be back on Terra Firma,
being Canadian Shield
Happy to initially see that the cabin and all seem intact.
Happier that we don't have to get the snowblowers going.
(That being us and that being a whole new story)
Even now with canoes within reach, looking forward to the temperatures plummeting tonight!
What a way to end our day.
The scrabble game spelled out for triple points:
Much success.
Wood stove cranked.
We're powered up enough to turn all the lights down.
Our great supper is only magnified after a day like this.
Comforters and books await.
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