Life on the island is continuing to be interesting. For starters, our computer was experiencing problems - so its taken me a couple of days to work out the glitches.
With all that said - last Thursday, our friend Clancy and his buddy Arch came out to check on Clancy's cabin. While visiting with Clancy, we learned that Arch turned 49 on Thursday. Happy Birthday Arch!!
They had planned to stay until Sunday -- but with the warm weather and the ice conditions changing, they decided to leave Saturday. One of the deciding factors was the open water that was slowly making its way to in front of Clancy's cabin.
On Saturday, Ernie and Gunther checked the ice conditions way over to the east -- by Anderson's Reef. The ice had melted an inch and there were more open leads. However, all looked good all the way to the lower landing.
Then on Sunday, Gunter and Bridgett decided to make a run into town on a few errands -- and while they were gone - the winds began to picked up in the late afternoon -- blowing up to 25 MPH. On Monday, they informed us there were a number of open 'holes' in the lake -- some with water and others that one couldn't tell if the holes had water or just ice. They had to return home way over to the east along the shore because both sides of Anderson's Reef had opened. Subsequently, Gunter determined he no longer felt comfortable crossing the ice.
On Tuesday - we took a walk over by the 100 ft right of way -- down from Tater's place -- and the lake was slowly 'eatting' its way through the ice by Swan Cove.
Oh -- yesterday -- there was a little moose at the back of our cabin. Not Maggie -- we believe she is now off the island. This is a new little moose. She's very skittish and took off when she heard us come out of the cabin. Besides doing chores -- we took some time to play with Kirby's outdoor motor boat. Real snazzy!! Below is the object of our laughter as we prepare to launch it in two feet of water.
Take care Everyone!
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