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| Winter Weekend February 13th & 14th |
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| 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. |
| Saturday morning was sunny, cold, and there was the ever present snow but we had "chores" to perform. |
| First we were told to remove the snow from the first 6 to 8 feet of the roof to prevent "ice damming". |
| 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. |
| 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). |
| I was curious as to the depth of the ice. Task #3 was to find the ice thickness. |
| It's hard to see here here but the ice is 18.75 inches thick. |
| Our fort has survived well. |
| As has Rouge Powers. |
| The attack igloo and Mr EMT's fort were also in good condition. |
| All the snow structures, including Krispa and Uglor's, had extensive drifting around them. |
| The drift patterns reminded me of the sandstone areas of the west. |
| We will be back next weekend to fix the now crazy webcam and to perhaps sleep in the igloo. It's pretty roomy. |