On Good Friday my parents came in for a visit over this long weekend. The weather had been very snowy with quite low cloud cover and yesterday was no different. At lunch it started to break and Sasha spotted some dark figures on the ice across the lake. We all went scrambling for cameras. binoculars and spotting scopes, all the while trying to be as quiet as we could, so that we did not scare off whatever it was over there. Within a few moments we got everything together and saw that a few caribou had finally arrived. There were only five in this small group and we did wonder if more did cross through the poor conditions and we just didn't see them. So we watched as they walked along the far shore for a moment, then they started across the lake right toward us. We had the wind in our favor and tried to get the kids to stand as motionless as possible. We were able to get a few pictures taken before the next squall moved in. They ended up walking about 3/4 of the way across the lake directly toward us, then made a 1/4 turn and walked parallel to the shore until we could not see them any longer due to the snowfall. We are definitely keeping our eyes to the lake now, hoping more caribou will come our way.
Also since mom and dad were in, we tried some fishing on the other side of the lake where Olson Creek comes in and actually dad and Paul are still there. Here are some pictures of this morning.
It looks bad, but the ice is a thick where I am standing as anywhere else on the lake, which is over 24 inches. Nothing so far, but one darned trout jumped in the open water by the creek while we were standing there fishing. From my experience that is usually not a good sign for catching.
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