New Waterhole...

Greetings Everyone ..

At last we had to move our waterhole - my old waterhole finally froze solid - from top to bottom. 

Afternoon sun and my last day using my waterhole behind the boat.

Site for the new waterhole
 - approximately 30 feet from shore - just past the 'rock barrier' - I couldn't resist turning the adventure into an art project.


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Ernie using the ice auger to drill through the ice.
 A friend suggested we place a piece of Styrofoam on top of our waterhole -
after we drill - to help reduce refreezing.
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We 'hit' water after going through eight and a half inches of ice.

 Ernie then measured how deep our new waterhole is - its about six feet deep.



Yesterday, after we drilled for water and were hauling water up to the cabin - a plane with skis buzzed  us. We don't know who the pilot was or who's plane but, it was cool just the same. 

We had a question from a blog reader:  Can you drive a vehicle on the ice and are we ice fishing? Answer:  We don't drive on the ice - we use a snow machine.  We've not tried ice fishing yet - but we understand that folks do. 


Take Care ---