After the storm

Today is 8 days after the 10 plus inches we rec'd on March 31-she went out like a "lion" ! All that snow has disappeared and a lot of  previous snow as well,Temps have been H +8,L -4 so the freeze at night has sure helped to dry up the run off. Greg and Sherl Smith are now full time residents out here and Greg and I made a town run for fresh produce this morning. The trip in was uneventful,good snowmobiling on top of the crust,,but the return trip took almost 3hrs,water on ice road was up to running boards on snowmobile and so slippery underneath we tried running beside road-the snowbanks were crotch deep and would not support our weight,then water on top of ice and under snow was 12" deep. My sleigh and 5 gas cans is still sitting on ice North end Queer-retrieve it in morning on the crust.Will not travel again till all the snow has melted and water starts to drain off-at least another week or more,then we should be able to run around with quad-will do another post then.
We have a small strip of open water at the Narrows-now home to 7 Canada Geese and 2 seagulls,still no ducks yet.