Frigid North
Just back from a closing up in Oscoda. Man you want to get a feel for real cold, take a drive along the Great Lakes in the winter. Iceburgs, slush, and blowing snow. Looked like something you’d see on National Geographic from Alaska. Made me shiver and I was just driving by in the truck.
Then just as we were pulling int o the town of Oscoda, we crossed the Ausable River. It was pretty much ice free, except for in the little canals and inlets where the boats dock in the summer. It was in one of these inlets, literally just a couple feet from open water of the river, we see two ice shanties. Amazing, thse guys were less than 10 feet from flowing river water. Sure hope they know what they were doing. Brrrrrrr to cold to make a mistake and take a plunge.
Posted: January 22nd, 2012.