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Drifter, one of my wife's favorite shows is Ice Road Truckers. A cliffhanger every commercial break, no one ever goes through the ice. So I guess some do. It seems every other TV show on the specialty channels are about Alaska, the Yukon, NWT and all the ice roads where M2B2 lives or any other God forsaken cold place.

 

And 2 inches of ice where you are in when June? Is the same 2" of ice that idiotos take their new Audi 8's out onto here. An inch is an inch except when measuring fish or trouser trout. One of my faves up north is where the crazy folks live on house boats on Great Slave or is it Great Bear Lake in the dead of winter. Apparently if they aren't docked laws of the land don't apply. And of course Gold Rush. The one where all the Americuns think the Yukon is part of the USA.

Yeah, the house boaters are in Yellowknife Bay.

I actually know Pike Mike quite well as we guided together up on Great Bear for quite a few years.

Did they also try to sell you their costal beach house in Saskatchewan when they sold you loss through ice insurance?

(Seriously, is the ice ever less then 4 feet thick up there?)

You could ask this guy who went through last Saturday.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/plow-plunges-through-lake-dog-derby-1.3503132

Then there's this fella from early March up on Great Bear Lake.

My landlord flew to Deline today to work on recovery of this truck.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/truck-plunges-deline-ice-road-1.3477869

Thx folks for all your comments. I have not digested all the advice you have offered but I will look into mirrorless cameras. I'd never heard of them before.

 

I tend to take scenery and landscape shots with some wildlife-----hence the zoom. 2 limitations of my current camera: filters will not fit and there is no long exposure setting (used to be called 'bulb' on the old SLRs)---useful for night shots, fireworks etc.

I'm looking forward to the time I can stay out @ the cabin in the winter and spring so I can get shots like this devoid of light pollution.

As Bill mentioned, you WILL be spending a lot more on lenses than the actual camera body.

My favorite lens used was more than my body and 2 kit lens'.

I'm a Canon fan myself.

A few years ago I picked up one of their entry level camera kits and have been happy with it.

Takes great pics and didn't break the bank. I got the T3 kit with 2 lens'.

I have since added a few other lens' to my kit.

At some point I will upgrade to a better body but am happy for now.

Here are a few images taken with the kit lens'.

Are you positive?

Yep, a Newfie fella drove his brand new F350 last year or the year before on a lake with no ice road in early spring and sunk it.

Insurance covered the loss.

You may want to find anew insurance agent.

Insurance covers loss through the ice up here, no reason it shouldn't down there.

WOW this chick has a wicked voice.

Wait for it!!!!  

There are a couple of good Rainshadow blanks that will work great for this app.

IST1384F is a 2pce 11 1/2' blank that is a 4-10# and it can also double as a nice small creek or boat CP rod.

I have one I use a lot in Alaska.

IST1202F is a 6-10# 10' rod that will chuck hardware great.

Let's see how many ppl call 911 in disgust this time!

Do you have the number for 911?

I want to call to complain!!!!

Just got the red screen and just a test of the system a few minutes ago on our Bell Fibe TV.

Heard it on CFNY too.

Happy Hump Day Y'all!!!    

Do you have a vehicle?

If so head South to Islamorada (about 1.5 hrs) and book a charter out of Bud and Mary's Marina.

Plenty of great options and the fishing is awesome out of Islamorada.

My charger has been secured directly to an aluminum bulkhead in my boat using stainless screws for many years with no issues.

 

Must be a Woodbridge thing

 

 

Many thanks to all Dave's suggestion of car-parts.com not only did they come in cheapest but also the quickest delivery and the best warranty.

You're welcome and I'm glad you got it sorted out at a reasonable cost.

Give this a try.

Don't know which version of vehicle you have but did a quick look for a 3.5 regular ignition and found a white one in BC for $120.

http://www.car-part.com/

Well they're playing a pretty decent game tonight against the Wings.

Get the mercury out and play with it! Stuff is awesome lol

I hear it's good in fish.

​Our landfill site has a bin for fluorescent bulbs.

Maybe yours does too.

Got my lumber loaded on the trailer today. I will haul it to the site next weekend.

Been lazing around too much since last summer.

The workout nearly killed me!!!

Im liking thia new guy the leafs have that already sniped 2 wicked goals!

Yeah, he's quite the sniper.

The kids got a lot of talent.

Scored the winner in the shootout tonight too.

 

That I didn't know! I assume because the stem on the helm pump is different?

It depends on what you had for a steering system to begin with.

Most boats tend to use the same types of helms (Tapered 3/4" with key).

If your old system used this then the wheel should fit.

Im not sure how diet effects this but our dogs eat probably pretty similar to those who have them further up north. Lotsa dear/moose meat/carcass, fish, etc.

Not even close!!!!

We feed our huskies nosy neighbours!!!!

Yep, a lot of selfish ignorant people in this world!!!

I saw it also as I was watching Quantico on an Ontario channel.

Was happy when the all clear came out about 45 minutes later.