With a mighty hissing noise, the ice sheet parted the other day revealing a strip of open water about 200 feet across. Then the wind shifted and closed it back up. Next day the ice sheet really got moving, shoving chunks of ice up on shore, ripping deep gouges and taking down a few trees. Day before yesterday, we were surrounded by ice for a mile in every direction and things were looking pretty bleak, but the wind picked up overnight and I was in the boat headed for shore by noon. Don't know where the ice all went (and don't care), but it went in a hurry! Only had 25 days of being stranded!
Sat on the deck, grilling burgers and enjoying the "new" springtime look to things and realized it's almost time to start complaining about mosquitoes!
Tight lines and open water to all!