The dark line up ahead is the transition from open water to iceSo, it's good to remember that just because the air temperature is around 70, doesn't mean the lakes aren't still partly frozen over. My canoeing plans for the weekend changed about ten times. In the end, Tim and I took the tandem out on the lake at North Park. However, we didn't even notice the ice until we were already on the water. The satelite images I was looking at in Google Earth weren't taken yesterday, of course, so I had forgotten to even consider that there'd be ice. Oh well.
It was still fun. We paddled around the open water for a while and then shot into the ice floe as far as we could before it was thick enough to resist breaking, and the bow pushed up onto the sheet. In any case, this time of year, any warm day on the water, no matter how short, is worth the effort.
Tim checking the water hardness
Looking back after we broke our way into the ice sheet some
Backing out of the path we'd plowed
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oooooooooooh - looks fun! we gotta get a canoe. although, portland is apparently now the midwest - woke up to supersunshine with snow on the ground, then hail, and i just heard thunder!
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