EDEN LAKE ROAD BREAK 2006
PART 2
FEBRUARY 2006
WE HAD AN EXCELLENT DAY TODAY ON THE EDEN LAKE ROAD BREAK. THE LITTLE CAT STARTED EASY AT -29C WITH THE PROPANE HEATER ON ALL NIGHT. WHICH IS A GOOD SIGN FOR A GOOD DAY.
WE DROVE THE KOMMUNIST KAT BACK TO THE 5KM CREEK, OF COURSE PLOWING THE ROAD WIDER AS WE WENT. ONCE THERE WE PUSHED UP THE SNOW SOME MORE ON THE CREEK TO GET IT TO FREEZE UP. THE CREEK DID NOT FREEZE UP LAST NIGHT AT -29C BECAUSE THE WATER IS TOO WARM. SO WE WILL HAVE TO FLOOD IT. TO GET THE CAT ACROSS SO WE COULD BUST UP MORE OF THE CREEK AREA, I PLOWED SNOW OVER TOP TO MAKE A CUSHION TO SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF THE CAT.
WE HAVE HAD 4 MONTHS OF WINTER AND THIS IS ALL THE ICE THAT IS ON THIS CREEK AREA. THIS IS NOT GOOD. SO A LITTLE FLOODING WILL FIX THIS.
NOW I LEAVE SOUTHERN BELLE IN THE SUBURBAN KNOWN AS "CHROMELESS" READING THE BOOK SIGFUSSON'S ROADS. (WHICH IS A GOOD BOOK TO READ WHEN BREAKING OPEN WINTER ROADS, LOL) THE CREEK WON'T SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE, PLUS IT IS THE LIFE LINE TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD. WITH THE STUPID SKI-DOO IN TOW, I PLOW THE ROAD TO THE NEXT CREEK WHICH IS 2 KMS AWAY. WE GO AROUND THIS LITTLE LAKE TO STAY ON SOLID GROUND AND IN THIS PICTURE YOU CAN SEE WHY THE ICE IS NOT GOOD FOR TRAVELING ON.
I ARRIVED AT THE SECOND CREEK OF THE ROAD TO FIND THE BEAVER HAVE SAVED ME A LOT OF WORK. THEY WERE NICE ENOUGH TO BUILD A DAM TO HOLD THE WATER BACK IN THE CREEK BED.
THE BEAVERS HAVE NOW FILLED IN 2 DITCHES THAT USED TO BE THE CREEK BED WITH THE WATER THEY HAVE BACKED UP WITH THEIR DAM. SO THE PLOWING WAS EASY AND NO OPEN WATER.
THE ONLY OPEN WATER HERE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE SNOW WHICH IS NOT PART OF THE CREEK. SO I PLOWED IT UP TO FREEZE NICELY.
NOW WITH THE CREEK OPENED UP, I HEAD BACK TO SOUTHERN BELLE WHO IS WAITING FOR ME. BUT THIS LITTLE WEE CREEK WHICH YOU CAN STEP ACROSS HAS NO WATER IN IT. SO THE BEAVER MUST HAVE BLOCKED THE CREEK UP STREAM SOMEWHERE. THIS IS GOOD BECAUSE IN THE BACK GROUND OF THE PICTURE YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH SNOW AREA WE USED TO PUSH IN THE LITTLE CREEK TO CROSS. SO THIS SAVES A LOT OF TIME AND WORK FOR US ALL BECAUSE OF THE BEAVERS.
WE LEAVE THE CAT IN THE BUSH BY THE 5 KM CREEK BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED TO DRIVE IT BACK TO THE HIGHWAY. PLUS WE ARE VERY CONFIDENT IN THE ROAD WE HAVE PLOWED TO DRIVE OUT IN A 2 WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE. PLUS WE TOW THE STUPID SKI-DOO AS THE LIFE LINE.
THANSK
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