What A Day!!

Greetings Everyone!

We are still experiencing temperatures in the mid-40's with lots of strong winds.  The winds now are continuing to blow very strong from the southwest and seem to be the strongest on the other side of the island.  All night (Jan 2nd) we could hear the winds blowing over on the other side - so on the 3rd we checked our cabin site and our closest neighbors cabins.  Again, items were tossed about - and this time some trees had fallen down. Although the strongest winds were on the other side of the island, we were experiencing gusts up to 45 mph on our side.

 

With all the warm weather and strong winds - the lake in front of our cabin is opening up. From our cabin window we watched the ice undulate and crack as the wind blew.  Rather fascinating.

A 'growing' lead.  The winds were blowing 45 - 50 mph with gusts up to 65 mph.   According to the weather service, winds will continue through Weds - seems strong winds are blowing through Turnagain.

Another view of the lake lead and the glassy ice surface.

Out in the wind.

The lake opened up just over by Watson Cove - it was interesting to watch the lake as the wind pushed white caps onto the edge of the ice and the water continuing on across the ice.

Because of the winds, we have not gotten up on the roof to make repairs - hopefully, we can tackle that chore on Weds - snow is in the forecast.  We would also like to walk over to the other side of the island to see what the effects of the winds were - but we've not ventured far from our cabin.