Spring Thaw Update

 Will no longer take quad on the ice after today as it is deteriorating rapidly, this morning is last of crisp mornings @-10 after this our lows hang around 0 with daytime highs around +10. I’m working on docks at floating boathouse and ice is like Swiss cheese should probably be wearing a life jacket !

Yesterday morning the ice was whooping steady for hours it never stopped till 12 noon, then quiet. What happened was a 20’ wide swath ice from the tip of our island to East Allie broke away and sunk. We can canoe across, so in past years from the day this happens the earliest we boated to town was 8 days in 2007 on May 04. The longest time it took was 19 days in 2014 and we arrived Barepoint on May 19.

I’m comparing this year to 2010 temperatures are very similar and we boated to Barepoint on April 14. My first prediction was to boat in April 25. Last night Leonard flew over and predicted April 15. I’m thinking he is early and I’m late, split difference and aim for April 20 th.

Between mainland of French Narrows and East Allie Island this area has been open for couple weeks now with the usual geese/ducks hanging around and also 2swans, seagulls arrived just ahead big winds and Eagles have been here a month already.

Normally when I take truck off ice I park at Barepoint Marina and snowmobile/quad in for fresh produce. Well I did that last year and because of COVID lockdown they wouldn’t let me drive truck out till June 01 So this Spring I checked in and answer was NO they were in another Mini lockdown but were expecting to be vaccinated by end March. So hopefully I’ll have some news on that in future post.

Expect the boathouse to float freely after weekend and about this time next week boat as far North as Green Bouy E27 for usual picture of candled ice.