I used to love getting stationed for a month in the Queen Charlotte Islands in the winter. We couldn't scale logs in the snow, and if a significant storm hit the Charlottes in the winter it sometimes came in the form of snow, and the other men sat around with nothing to do but wait. Not me though, I took off with my fishing rod and hit all the local streams. I remember one Christmas season when all the other men were complaining about not being home with their families while I was rejoicing at all the freedom I had. I fished non-stop for three weeks straight before the weather cleared. The Queen Charlotte rivers were fabulous in the 1960s and my fishing diaries are filled with the stories there.
No wonder ya head for the "Land of the Smiles" every winter after all those stories.
Too much snow to work & other tale of using a Coleman stove to warm your engine on & on.
On PBS station from Bellingham Wa. sometimes has that "Alone in the Wilderness" doc. & it is so very interesting. Guy is in the wilderness in Alaska & he builds his own log cabin.
Snow & ice. He filmed his adventure with some old movie camera 8mm I assume.
But listening to your endless adventures thru the many years ( know Ian your in your young 70s in age ) in British Columbia a thought comes to me that if you could of got it on film, it would be on PBS as well.
Your an inspiration to those to enjoy the outdoors & not to retire to the"rocking chair" because they are seniors.
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Topic: When is it too windy, too cold? (Read 18515 times)