Subj : For 13 years I wintered h
To   : Rob Mccart
From : August Abolins
Date : Wed Aug 09 2023 20:11:00

Hello Rob!

** On Tuesday 08.08.23 - 01:21, you wrote to me:

 RM> I used two roughly 2 gallon pails as my water supply so
 RM> they had to be refilled pretty much every day. The box on
 RM> the ice insulated the hole somewhat from the outside air,
 RM> and the open hole into the water, which was about 2 feet
 RM> across, allowed some heat from the water to keep the
 RM> inside of the box warmer. Basically on a cold night
 RM> instead of an open hole (if I could find it the next day)
 RM> may accumulate 2 to 3 inches of ice overnight but the box
 RM> covered hole, less than half that.

I have a friend in the Muskokas who relies on a creek a few  
hundred feet from the cottage for supplying water. He mentions  
how sometimes the road crew might plow over the opening he uses  
for to access the water, and how sometimes he has a fair amount  
of ice/snow to dig thru to get to the moving water.  Perhaps  
some kind of covering like another pail would serve to keep the  
ice from forming too fast.  I'll mention the idea.


 RM> A while back my elderly parents found they couldn't really
 RM> cope with winter themselves and talked me into staying
 RM> with them during the months of snow and ice.. They live in
 RM> Parry Sound, a small town not too far from my place. (20
 RM> miles / 32 km)

I have some land in the Parry Sound area.. but it's to the East  
and surrounded by the Bear Lake Peatland Conservation Reserve.  
No proper road access.  Building something on it would have to  
be delivered by helicopter or something.

I made a glorious 22km round hike to the property and back to  
my truck in May this year.  I hiked crossed a 100m beaver damn  
in the Crownland part to reach my property from the East.


 RM> Now that I'm older too I'm not sure I could cope at my
 RM> place but I may give it a shot rather than move into
 RM> another situation once that option is gone.. My father
 RM> passed a few years back and my mother celebrated her 90th
 RM> birthday last December, but she still manages to live on
 RM> her own in her own home with a little hired help from
 RM> others and a lot of help from me..

Similar situation here too. Snow removal is the biggest hurdle  
for me, but I have a neighbor across my small lake who  
volunteers to clear my driveway and make some space for a turn- 
around.
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  ../|ug

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