WELL IT HAPPENED...ONE OF THE TWO BAYFIELD FISHING BOATS HAS PARTIALLY SUNK!!

In Saturday's post, I had a couple photos of two Bayfield fishing boats tied up to a dock with river ice around them.  I expressed a thought saying I was surprised to see them still there with ice forming.  Ice can puncture boat hulls, and so it did to one of the two boats.  This morning that boat named 'Last Time' was half sunk still tethered to the dock.  I think if it had not been tied up it may have totally sunk unless by chance it is resting on the river bottom.  I have no idea how deep the water is there.  Going back to the photo I took of that boat Saturday morning and comparing it to the other fishing boat there I believe it may have already slowly been taking on water Saturday morning when I took that picture of it.

THE ABOVE BOAT IS OKAY AND NOTICE THE EVEN BLUE BOTTOM SECTION ABOVE THE WATERLINE FROM FRONT TO BACK....NOW NOTICE THE BOAT BELOW AND HOW THE BLUE WATER LINE IS NOT VISIBLE FROM BOW TO STERN....I THINK THIS FISHING BOAT WAS ALREADY IN TROUBLE SATURDAY MORNING BUT I DIDN'T NOTICE IT AT THE TIME UNTIL I COMPARED THE TWO PHOTOS TONIGHT

 AND HERE IT IS NOW

 DRIVING AROUND TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER I COULD SMELL DIESEL FUEL AS WE APPROACHED THE BOAT AND I NOTICED LEAKING FUEL IN THE WATER

YEP, THERE'S WATER IN THE BOAT ALRIGHT

 KELLY TAKES A PICTURE WITH HER CELL PHONE

 WELL I GUESS I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU WHO THAT LOCAL HAYSEED IS

At first light, I was encouraged to see a bit of color showing through our pine trees along the eastern horizon.  Didn't see any tree branches moving so that of course meant no wind to drive our 19F temps even lower.  With that chunk of encouragement stuffed tightly in my pocket, Pheebs and I headed out the door.  Our cloudy sky even seemed a tad brighter than usual.  Having been into Bayfield the previous few mornings it was time for a change of direction so it was off to Goderich we ventured.  Our usual route down around the harbor netted a few photos of ice forming along the shoreline.  It wasn't long and we were on our way home again.

 ALMOST LOOKS LIKE WE ARE LIVING ON THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES HERE

 ICE IS FORMING ALONG THE SHORELINE

 GODERICH'S HARBOR ENTRANCE IS TO THE EXTREME RIGHT

Aside from slipping down to Bayfield's harbor a couple of times today for some photos of the soggy fishing boat it turned out to be an inside afternoon.  Because of our cold temps, I started our rig up and let it run for a bit.  No chance of going anywhere but I cleaned all the snow off the windshield anyway.  A slight psychological lift I'd say.

 HAD TO SLOW DOWN FOR A BATCH OF WILD ROAD TURKEYS

 GOOD THING THESE FELLAS HAVE THEIR SNOW TIRES ON

GROANER'S CORNER:((There was life before the computer::

An application was for employment
A program was a TV show

A cursor used profanity
A keyboard was a piano!

Memory was something that you lost with age
A CD was a bank account!

And if you had a broken disk,
It would hurt when you found out!

Compress was something you did to garbage
Not something you did to a file

And if you unzipped anything in public
You'd be in jail for awhile!

Log on was adding wood to a fire
Hard drive was a long trip on the road

A mouse pad was where a mouse lived
And a backup happened to your commode!

Cut--you did with a pocket knife
Paste you did with glue

A web was a spider's home
And a virus was the flu!

I guess I'll stick to my pad and paper
And the memory in my head

I hear nobody's been killed in a computer crash
But when it happens they wish they were dead!

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I WOULD MUCH RATHER SEE FOREST HERE THAN MORE HOUSES

With the dog days of winter hard upon us now I am sometimes having trouble finding my motivation on these colder mornings.  Looking out the window at the falling snow and cold 23F temperature I had no desire to even step out the door but Pheebs was raring to go so it was out the door we did go and hopped into the Jeep.  Our drive was basically a repeat of the day before and half an hour later we were home again.  Just in time to re-stock the bird feeders.  Almost a full-time job in this colder winter weather.

 SNOWING AND BLOWING IN THE COUNTRYSIDE

 WITH BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ICE IS BEGINNING TO FORM ON THE LAKE AND BUILD UP ALONG THE SHORELINE

 ICE CHUNKS ARE FORMING AND WILL SOON BOND TOGETHER IN A SPAN OF SOLID ICE

 THE BAYFIELD RIVER IS FREEZING UP AND I AM SURPRISED A COUPLE FISHING BOATS ARE STILL TIED UP THERE

 THIS IS A FLOWING RIVER AND WHEN THE ICE BREAKS UP HUGE CHUNKS OF ICE COME DOWN THE RIVER AND COULD PUNCTURE THE HULLS OF THOSE BOATS

Periodic heavy snows today and I was on the end of my snow shovel several times keeping my pathways clear.  The snow was light and fluffy so it was not hard to move around.

With a snow-blower and road grader clearing roads in the Park making them walkable, Pheebs and I headed off down one of the new roads where a lot of tree cutting and clearing has been going on.  It was a refreshing walk on a cold winter's day.  

 SAD TO SEE SO MANY PINE TREES COMING DOWN BUT I GUESS ITS WHAT THE PARK OWNER CALLS PROGRESS 

 I WOULD MUCH RATHER SEE FOREST HERE THAN MORE HOUSES

It was four years ago on this day Kelly had to come to my rescue in the night.  Nothing serious, just embarrassing.  Kelly Comes To My Rescue

GROANER'S CORNER:((  College student: "Hey, Dad! I've got some great news for you!"  Father: "What, son?"  College student: "Remember that $500 you promised me if I made the Dean's list?"  Father: "I certainly do!"  College student: "Well, you get to keep it."

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Mother: Now, Little Johnny, eat your spinach. It’s good for growing children.  Little Johnny: Who wants to grow children?

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Sleep? There's a nap for that.

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