Island Girl's April Ice Out Tour 2005 - Part 2, page 6
Sunday afternoon and time to leave our wonderful island. Watching the ice go out has been an incredible experience, and we were most happy at being there to witness the power and beauty of Lake Winnipesaukee. This was taken about 4:15 PM on Sunday April 17, 2005. This is all open water out there. Any ice floes are dark gray in color.
It is hard to believe that this was frozen so few hours ago. Click for two days ago.
As we journeyed back to the mainland, I took a last look at what nature did this weekend out in the broads. We headed down island and there was open water all the way. We hit a large patch of ice off the south of Treasure Island to the mouth of Minge Cove.
From the W. Alton Shore, the wind had been blowing the remaining ice, east into the coves. It makes a tinkling noise as the pieces bump into each other and break up. See the next page for detailed views of the ice.
One last look before heading home......
next, an ice out lesson ....