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By Sadie, March 6, 2010 3:20 pm

After hanging out at the cottage, we decided to go to the end of the island for a bit.

I was really surprised at the lack of fishing huts. Last time I came out here on the ice, there were probably around five just in this area.

You can only see one lone fishing hut way in the distance with a snowmobile parked in front of it.

Here’s a video that the husband made of our walk to the end of the island. It’s amazing how much more wind there is in the winter – not anywhere as much snow as there has been on previous visits though.

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By Sadie, March 4, 2010 8:14 pm

After convincing the roommate that the ice was thick enough, we decided to head out to the island by foot. There’s something really weird about walking out on the ice. My perception is five feet off because I’m used to sitting in a boat when I see all of the usual landmarks, not standing up. Plus, it’s just weird walking on what should be water for over a mile.

We tried to stay in the snowmobile lanes as much as we could because the ice is thicker in them compared to the rest of the ice on the lake. This is because when the snow is compressed on the ice because of the weight of the snowmobiles, the snow loses its insulating qualities, making the ice easier to freeze there.

Here’s a view close to the mainland:

We would cut across land whenever we could:

And it started to snow:

Finally though, Action Island was in sight: