We went out for mail day yesterday and had a great visit with friends from the valley. We can now get around a little easier as we have left our truck parked at the trailhead - so we only need to make it that far now on snowmobiles (about 25km). The primary (and just recently found - secondary) clutch went on Tim's trapping snowmobile so it has been sent out with Paul to see if it is re-buildable. It did it's job though and lasted as long as it needed to - it had about 4800km put on it this winter!

We were sitting around the cabin the other night when a bright flash of light filled the room, in the time it took Tim and I to ask each other what that was - we heard the thunder. Yes, we had thunder and lightning in mid-March during a snowstorm. Very strange.

We had another strange occurrence today while we were sitting down to lunch. The dogs started to bark and so we looked out the window on to the lake to see a snowmobile zipping by... A little strange for us in the middle of nowhere. He didn't stop though - just kept right on going! And no, we're not bushed... yet.

Tim went up the road today to take down the remaining squirrel snares. He and Cohen were just past the end of the lake, removing the snare and pole, when Tim heard a roar through the trees. He couldn't see anything when he looked. Tim is not much of one for drama, he brushes most things off with a logical explanation, but whatever this was scared him enough to get Cohen back on the snowmobile and out of there in a hurry. A grizzly? Possibly. Tracks will tell the story though if we are up the road any time soon. There is/was one denned up that way - his were the tracks we took pictures of last year and posted on here. Maybe his winter slumber is done and he woke up on the wrong side of the den...

The kids had fun last night when we got home going through a parcel received from the outside. It was almost like Christmas in March! Thank you!

We also want to send a big hello from the mountains to Mrs. Gunn's Grade 2 class. Keep up the good work guys!