Someone mentioned chains?
Repairing chains on the ice roads. So many rocks stick out that they get broken a lot.
Entering a lake. You have to mind the dropoffs.
Note the crack on lake. When you are crossing you can hear the ice cracking.
Dave the dog. He rescued this pup from freezing to death. The rest of the litter and their mother already had died.
Roadside cook up. My barbie as a defroster and the fire for cooking. Dave used Indian Technology. Gasoline!!
fantasitc pictures bob, takes me back to them cold winters i experienced in batus, missus recently started dropping hints abouts wanting to move to canada, would like her to spend one winter ovr there then see what her thoughts are 
Great pictures,How much longer before it gets unsafe on the lake.
Great snaps Bob. That should cut down the recruitment figures by about 80%.
The lakes should be ok for a few weeks yet, but they haven’t even opened the Manitoba lakes yet and it’s been above freezing today.
It went to -55 where we went last week but got awfully mild later in the week so the roads are getting tricky but the lakes should be ok until early April anyway.
Couldn’t help sharpening ‘em up.( Just looked at them & realize they are just the same as yours.Forgot to press’save’. ) By-the-way, what happened to Global Warming in CA ? Obviously you need Gordon Brown over there to sort things out & of course,the leftie media thats all part of Climate Change where we live.
Gordon Brown?
Over here?
No thankyou! You can keep him. Although I suppose we could lose him up in the woods or one of the deeper potholes.
Bbbut!! He’s going to Save the World by putting up taxes!! Don’t you believe in Gord in CA. Climate Change is the new religion over here & unbelievers are branded as heretics.( And by-the -way be prepared to hand over the keys to your car when the screw tightens. People are already being asked if they feel guilty for getting on a plane over here…)
wonderfull pics…like the chains 
still not the same we use here…we use the one’s whit studs on top…Like to drive on an ice road…
bobthedog:
It went to -55 where we went quote]■■■■ thats cold!!!
great pics bob thanks
Thanks great pictures, take care of your self and the dog,
bobthedog:
The lakes should be ok for a few weeks yet, but they haven’t even opened the Manitoba lakes yet and it’s been above freezing today.It went to -55 where we went last week but got awfully mild later in the week so the roads are getting tricky but the lakes should be ok until early April anyway.
Has any vehicle ever gone into the lake whilst driving across ? Wudnt fancy that, driving across a lake knowing it could crack anythime and thats it, goodnight vienna. Heart attack material
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 3:45 pm Post subject:
Bbbut!! He’s going to Save the World by putting up taxes!! Don’t you believe in Gord in CA. Climate Change is the new religion over here & unbelievers are branded as heretics.( And by-the -way be prepared to hand over the keys to your car when the screw tightens. People are already being asked if they feel guilty for getting on a plane over here…)
too true harry, no more than 4 flights a year, unless you prince charles then you can fly to new york to pick up a enviromental award
Don’t forget that Camilla as well as Charles has a set of matching carbon foot prints.
11/03/07 - News section
Camilla’s high heels leave a huge carbon footprint
By REBECCA CAMBER
He has made much of efforts to reduce his carbon footprint.
But when it comes to his wife’s wardrobe demands, it seems Prince Charles will go to any lengths to stay on the right footing with Camilla.
The Duchess of Cornwall had a favourite pair of shoes flown 3,000 miles to Kuwait for a lavish dinner with senior members of the Kuwaiti royal family, it emerged last night.
After discovering to her horror that a pair of her killer heels had been forgotten by careless aides, a member of staff is said to have been ordered to find them at the couple’s Highgrove home and get them to her within 48 hours because they matched an outfit she had chosen for a gala event.
But astonishingly after the pair were flown over in the nick of time, Camilla decided not to wear them after all.
Last night Clarence House confirmed that the shoes were dispatched to Kuwait along with other personal items mistakenly left behind, but a spokesman denied claims that Camilla personally ordered the extravagant move.
The admission comes as the 3,000 mile trip was condemned as a profligate waste by green campaigners.
Senior courtiers also expressed surprise that Charles had agreed to have the shoes sent to Kuwait during their tour of the Gulf states last month, despite being at pains to stress his green credentials.
The considerable cost of the trip was reported to have been paid for by the Prince out of his Duchy of Cornwall income.
Last night a spokesman for Clarence House confirmed that the shoes had been flown over.
He said: "The Duchess did not ask for the shoes to be sent, but a member of staff did arrange for them to be flown over to her after they realised that they had forgotten to pack them.
“They were not specially couriered, but were sent along with a number of items and paperwork as is often the case on royal tours.”
The revelation comes hot on the heels of fierce criticism over the prince’s decision to fly to the Gulf with a 20-strong entourage - including the Duchess’s hairstylist and dresser - on a private jet that could seat seven times that number.
Just weeks after declaring that he wanted to be the greenest member of the Royal Family, Charles arranged for an Airbus 319 operated by Paris-based company Aero Services to fly himself, Camilla and their party from London for a ten-day tour of four states.
The plane was converted from the normal 140-seat version to a flying palace accommodating 29 passengers in extreme comfort with video conferencing facilities, showers, ten fullsize beds and a walk-in wardrobe.
Charges for the flight were estimated to be as much as £60,000 for 24 hours, with extras such as fuel, food, airport fees and taxes sending this up to the £100,000.
Last year the Prince of Wales, one of the Royal Family’s biggest users of private planes and helicopters, vowed ‘substantially’ to curb his reliance on gas-guzzling transport in favour of scheduled flights and train travel.
But in January he was attacked for his ‘hypocrisy’ by green campaigners and government ministers for taking 20 members of staff business class to New York in order to collect an award marking his environmental awareness.
A campaigner from the green pressure group, Plane Stupid, Joss Garman said: "This is a hell of a carbon footprint just for a pair of shoes.
"This is just the type of unnecessary flight that we need to be cutting down on.
“We have seen Prince Charles fly to New York for an environmental award and now this - he should be setting an example. This is a disgrace.”
Find this story at dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/a … ge_id=1770
©2007 Associated New Media
Prince Charles
Say no to Mcdonalds but yes to black pudding and cornish pastes 
Wait, that’s what i like so he’s ok in my book
Charles