Island Girl's April Ice Out Tour 2005 - Part 2, page 4
The overnight temperature fell to 28 degrees from the high 60's. The open water glazed over and there was no open water to be found. Today I am off to open my camp. I hitch a ride down the island. This is Saturday, April 16, 2005.
That blue strip that was open water last evening, solidified, but was very, very thin, about 1/3 of an inch. Another beautiful day in the quest for ice-out.
Heading out we can see the variations in the ice.. blue thin ice; thicker, but very porous grey ice and the thick white ice.
Camps along the shore, awaiting their owners; awaiting opening for the season. We glide over the thin ice, opening it along the way with the weight of the boat.
The blue ice becomes liquid again as the warm sun rises, and the temperature increases. I took at least 20 photos of this view during the day to see the changes in the ice.
Same view later
....and then later
During my day at my camp a channel opened up going across the lake and across the Wolfeboro Neck shore toward the Winter Harbor opening. All day long it got a little wider with each hour.
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