Monday, January 5, 2009

Red Deer River freeze up

It has been a long time since we've seen it, but there won't be any floating from the dam to RR #20 any time soon. The dam section is wide open but quickly ices over and by RR #20 it is a wall of ice. No point in taking out the raft this week or, possibly, next. It has been cold! Oddly, Stauffer fished a little slow too. ;)
The temps on the drive out were wild, -19 to -8 and back again, and up and down like a yo yo as the weather began to mix with the front moving in. It was a beautiful day, rounded out with a nice 20km ski around Heritage Ranch at dusk and into the evening. Watching Jaz beeline across the ponds after the silhouette of a pair of red foxes as the moon rose was enjoyable, certainly.

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