Since yesterday was such a nice day we decided to make our long delayed trip to Mt. Iron with last year's well used canoes. Just getting started was quite a process - first Mike had to dig them out of the snow banks down by the lake, then portage them up the hill through knee deep snow. The trailer had to be dug out of its snow bank and towed over to the drive, loaded, and tires filled with air, not to mention thawing out the hitch and the safety chain holes.
I really should have taken the camera along with us. Thanks to all the slush and sand and salt on the roads - by the time we arrived those canoes were not only "dead" but buried as well! Mike literally had to chip the straps out to get them off the trailer. What with the slush, ice and road salt we had our own ice cream freezer - just a trifle short of sugar!
We must have been the most popular attraction on the road. We had visions of people calling their friends to say "You won't believe what I just saw! A pickup towing a canoe trailer full of snow covered canoes!" By the time we got to Mt. Iron we felt we were drawing a crowd. Maybe there is a future in winter canoeing - sort of a cross between tobogganing and skiing?
Anyway, the old canoes are sold and the new canoes are on order to arrive by spring. Now all we have to do is clear a new path through the upper yard so we can re-park the trailer!
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