Winter Weekend

February 13th & 14th, 2004

Lake Lucerne
We arrived late Friday to dark and snow. Lots of snow. Lots and lots of snow. And cold. But I would be remiss if I did not mention the copious amounts of snow. There was a lot of it.
Lake Lucerne
Saturday morning was sunny, cold, and there was the ever present snow but we had "chores" to perform.
Lake Lucerne
First we were told to remove the snow from the first 6 to 8 feet of the roof to prevent "ice damming".
Lake Lucerne
We were not dispatched unarmed to this task. A neat tool that forced a poly mat under the snow was more fun than I originally thought.
Lake Lucerne
With task #1 under our belts we were ready to tackle the next item (actually item #2 involved carving the iced in power cords for the roof heater and plugging them into a timer. It had all the fun you might imagine including the near loss of an eye and the random electrocution. That's all I have to say and let us never speak of it again).
Lake Lucerne
I was curious as to the depth of the ice. Task #3 was to find the ice thickness.
Lake Lucerne
It's hard to see here here but the ice is 18.75 inches thick.
Lake Lucerne
Our fort has survived well.
Lake Lucerne
As has Rouge Powers.
Lake Lucerne
The attack igloo and Mr EMT's fort were also in good condition.
Lake Lucerne
All the snow structures, including Krispa and Uglor's, had extensive drifting around them.
Lake Lucerne
The drift patterns reminded me of the sandstone areas of the west.
Lake Lucerne
We will be back next weekend to fix the now crazy webcam and to perhaps sleep in the igloo. It's pretty roomy.


-Nemo