Suzies Lake, second week in a row! This time, I went with a friend from geo, who has been out with me before, on the night of the super-moon eclipse! She had just gotten a new tent, and was very excited to try that out! (I may have been equally excited to just see it...) We had a meeting at school that ran until 1915, so we got a very late start, but had no issues because of that (well, except trying to get a bus!). There has been some snow since last weekend, so there were fewer tracks before us this time. With the snow on the branches, the trail felt so much narrower. The hike in definitely had a different feel. We got to the campsite shortly after 2100, set up camp quickly, and then went to bed. In the morning, I awoke to footsteps outside my tent. One of my friends is studying journalism, and decided to do a piece about this challenge, as well as winter camping in general. He and a classmate showed up shortly after 8 to take some pictures and ask a few questions. You can check out that article here: http://signalhfx.ca/dal-student-pledges-to-camp-100-nights-in-a-year/ The trip was short, but sweet, and I solved the ice vs water debate I'd had last week. In the photo above, there are three shades of black/grey in the lake. The bottom left stripe is open water, the other two are different thicknesses of thin and clear ice. Based on that information, I'm pretty sure it was all ice last week!
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Sue
20/1/2016 01:16:27
Great article by your friend!
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