Returning from our boat trip in late last Summer, I only half seriously suggested we should take the boat to the Bahamas for the winter.
Well one thing led to another and the idea was shelved for 2013. The winter here has been brutal, record cold and record snow, another 8 inches overnight.
To this worker in the wilderness that trip does not seem quite so crazy today.
Boadicea's Chariot 
Hi LW.
I have to say that looks rather grim.
I had CNN on overnight and was aware that some parts of the NE were reportedly experiencing blizzard conditions. Unfortunately they also said that there’s more on it’s way.
JW, does your ice creek a lot?
The bubble system seems to work well though!
Brrrr!
I wish some our rain had fallen as snow. Prettier.
Hello Soutie: Desolation made real. More? Yes, another couple of inches overnight so spent the morning on the tractor…again, finally scraped down to the blacktop, ready for the next one.
Janus: Only when I drive the tractor on it?? I’m LW by the way JW is that tall Scottish chappie.
JHL: Bubblers are doing a sterling job, the compressor has run 24/7 since late December. This is the only open water on the creek, even the Heron comes to fish in the open water and puts up with the noise.
Pseu: Gladly swap half the snow for some liquid precip. (and the temperatures that cause it.)
I can imagine your need to flee for the winter! However, houses have a nasty habit of doing spectacularly unpleasant things when left to their own devices for any length of time especially in the winter. I had two houses in Wales that managed to flood, one regularly, wouldn’t have been a bright idea to leave them in the winter for long. By the time you have paid to keep the heating on and someone to come in and check the place over it can all get very expensive but no more than the damage if left to its own devices! Easier to stay home.
Seems the best idea if you wish to become a snowbird is to move into condo where someone else is paid to take the strain..
Looks horrifying!
Sorry, LW!
I ask because we holidayed a few years ago by a frozen lake in Sweden and it creeked and groaned quite a lot!
Janus: The creek creaks? a bit but mostly moans and groans, especially when ships passing in the channel outside cause the ice to undulate in long waves. It also cracks like a gunshot when the tide causes the ice to break along the shoreline. It’s about six inches thick at present and will not thin out until we get a few good long rainstorms, no hope of that given today’s temperature.
Indeed, a creaking creek! 🙂