The main woods roads are easily passable; they were plowed all winter, so there wasn't much snow to melt. The smaller woods roads are passable if you're a little adventurous. Once we got in sight of the Deboullie town line, however, we ran into this little problem:
With the three of us (Dad, Gloria and me), a comealong, a couple of shovels, and a little bit of time, we managed to get Dad's Explorer back on the road. Surprisingly, we came within an inch or two of the stump (beside the tire in the photo), but we didn't hit it, nor did we need to pull the Explorer out with my Trailblazer. It was pretty obvious, though, that we weren't going to proceed by car, at least not today. There's still a good 18-24" of snow on the road between the town line and Red River.
There was no way I was getting within a mile of Camp and not actually getting to Camp, however, so I pulled out my snowshoes and took a quick stroll while Dad and Gloria went in search of moose antlers on the Stink Pond road. (No luck, though- the snow is also thick on that section of road.)
The Falls below Pushineer are running pretty well:
And there's almost no snow in the Camp yard except in the driveway:
The pond, however, is still frozen over. The ice was about 8" thick off the end of the dock, although you can see in the photos that it's starting to melt a little around the edges.
It was another absolutely gorgeous day for a snowy trip in to Red River. Unfortunately, without a passable road and with the generator out town, our hands are still tied with regards to getting up and running for the season. Dad is optimistic that we'll be able to drive in by this weekend, and I'm going to pop up once or twice during the week, especially if the weather stays nice.
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