We are doing well. We have been busy with our new house getting it ready for the winter but I will show pictures of that another time. This time something different. Jeanne and I were talking about how the winter has settled in here with snow and cold temperatures. We also talked about the lake freezing and that I was able to walk on it the other day. But there is still the danger of 'weak' spots in the ice so it is not totally safe yet and certainly not ready for the ice fishermen and their trucks and cars. The day we discussed the possibility of going through the ice we did have an accident here. Later in the afternoon, when it was getting dark already, we noticed an activity of many trucks going through our neighbour's lot and driving towards the lake. Also around 8 pm someone knocked at the door and explained what had happened and why so many trucks were driving around here. He had gone through the ice with his Jeep and was trying to pull it out. These are some of the pictures Leo took of the efforts of pulling out this car.
This is the Jeep stuck in the ice
They had to put down some plywood to distribute the weight of people and later the car.
Here we are attaching the chains which were attached to winches on the trucks on land.
They also had to put some ramps down for the wheels to climb up on.
Here you can see how deep the water water was.
That water must have been cold!!!
Trying to get these ramps in the right place.
Here we finally have success.
Back on land and yes the car started.
I am glad ice fishing season does not start until December 11 as I hate to see more cars going through the ice. Luckily this one went through where the water is pretty shallow so they were able to pull it out. Who knows what they do when it goes down where the water is a few meters deep.
So this was one of our adventures last week. Next I will post some pictures of the tree cutting process.
