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Our ice shanty for the weekend
My first experience walking on ice. It was a little scary. Beyond worrying about slipping and breaking a hip, I was a little fearful of all the cracks and gouges all through the top layers. Apparently during this time of year, the ice is so thick they aren't an issue.
Can you see those smokies cooking on the wood burning stove in the background?
He cooked eggs too.
The Main Event
Cured Salmon Eggs for Bait
The Main Event
Cured Salmon Eggs for Bait
Shera actually doesn't smile much when she is fishing. It isn't because she isn't happy. She's just in character. Apparently, in the trophy fishing shots she has viewed, the men are too cool to be happy about their catch or their activity. You've seen those pictures right?
Oh wait, I think I've got one here.
Yep. Here it is. 
For those who don't fish (and want to get all sad about how "Chuck bopped his head against the wall of the cabin" and/or possibly climb onto a soapbox of some sort regarding the fishes demise) bopping a fish's head is an act of mercy. It is a whole lot quicker and less painless than suffocating OR literally freezing to death in the ice...whichever comes first. It could be either, you know.
Getting slimed by Slick Willie.
Keeping it within my "5 degree window of temperature comfortability".Chuck coined the phrase quoted above. You might have guess it already.
The only other ice shanty on the lake.
Company.
Shera doesn't actually feel the way she looks about having company. She loves Earl and Jamie. She just feels this way about not having my undivided attention
Company. Shera doesn't actually feel the way she looks about having company. She loves Earl and Jamie. She just feels this way about not having my undivided attention
Looking out the window from my comfortable chair.
Fun on the Ice
Bambi Fell Down
And now it is time for
And now it is time for
A Mini Photo Sesh
(What to do when the fish aren't biting)
5 Comments
Ice fishing sounds interesting - at least you aren't bouncing up and down over the waves out in the ocean - no need for dramamine - no seasickness! But I'm curious about heating the little building - wouldn't that melt the ice underneath? Cute pics!
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Very cute. :) I'm glad you guys got to spend time together as a family before you left Alaska.
ReplyDeleteConnie, That ice is so thick people build fires DIRECTLY on top of it. In the case of our ice shanty, there was a metal plate under the wood stove, so that kept the ice from melting. Of course you need some type of barrier like that in a semi-permanent (winter) house like this or else it would EVENTUALLY melt, but only IF you had a fire directly on top of the ice continually, (day after day). The heat generated in the cabin does nothing to effect the ice. Last week when Chuck was fishing, the temps were negative 50. That is so far below the freezing point there are no worries until spring.
ReplyDeleteThat is too. dang. cold. Mmkay?? Y'all look so cute in these pics. I like reading about your adventures. Get Chuck to send more pics from his current adventures in Alaska.
ReplyDeleteI wish when I was up there I got a couple more pairs of those Sorel boots in other colors (you know, like those turquoise ones I got). They were so cheap there at that store. I just let Nikki borrow those to go to Tahoe for a few days. She loves 'em. They are SO warm.
Thanks, Hayley! I can't even imagine dealing with -50 temps! There's not enough R's in BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR for that!
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