No - whatever roared at Tim through the trees has not gotten us... Tim went back a few days later on the nearby logging road to see if whatever it was had left any tracks, but he did not find any. It is possible that whatever it was had woken up near there and didn't have to cross the road to leave a trail, or maybe Tim's bushed!
We have been having beautiful warm weather here. Lots of snowy days were in the forecast but that has changed and we are enjoying sun. The only drawback to the warm weather is that it deteriorates the condition of the 25km of trail we need to go on to get to the main road. If the temperatures drop below freezing at night the soft trail turns to ice and travelling on that with the snowmobiles can lead to the runners heating up. Travelling back in late afternoon/early evening is usually not a problem as the snow has softened by then. We also have the option of using the quads if the morning is cold because the trail is packed enough that they will not break through. Getting home on them though could be a problem after the day warms up - so we are kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place right now!
For all intents and purposes, spring is here now. All that remains is waiting for the snow to melt. The ice will not leave the lake until late May/early June though. It was strange driving home late last night with the snowmobiles and seeing moths flying around! We spent a very enjoyable mail day out yesterday visiting at the homes of friends and enjoying all sorts of homemade goodies along the way. Heather and I (for Paul and Tim) are making a home-brew beer kit that the boys received for Christmas. We have the help of a local lady who is an expert at this - we are doing it right at her house. For 4 mail days in a row we will go through all the steps, the last being bottling.
The boys have pulled the two trucks out here that we kept at the lake and have been tinkering the past few days. We should start placing bets when we can drive out of here with them. The snow is melting fast though - each day there is more of the yard showing and as I look out the window right now to Mount Germansen, parts of the ridge are now exposed that have been covered with snow most of the winter. I think Heather and I would both agree that spring fever has set in... I know we won't be here to enjoy it, but I am going to clean out the flower bed here and start some flowers for it. It just wouldn't feel like spring for me if I wasn't doing some landscape improvements of some sort!
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