time to do the thing again

saturday.  Time to get adventury.  Louie, mary and i got in truck 3 and off we went in search of cool times.

It started with a drive along the KVR north from the trestles. This is a part that it's ok to drive on.  the snow was long gone, but a few big (2 feet deep) puddles remained.  didn't even need 4wd.

choo-choo along the kvr

we didn't even try and fish...

We should go to a lake, bring our rods, and not fish. we catch the same amount of fish anyway. so that's what we did. James and his girlfriend came to my house. then we went to the dollar store to pick up army men, then we went to Canadian tire to meet Mike.

dirty windshield

james leading the way

After getting up McCollough Road, which was nicely plowed, we headed towards fish lake.  word on the street was there were fish in it.  When we got to the access to fish lake, it was totally plowed closed. 

can't go this way

So we headed to browne lake.  The road there was also closed, so we walked to the lake.  totally empty and a good place to check out.  left the fishing stuff in the trucks.

or we could, and walk

There was so much snow and after 5 weeks of no luck fishing, we decided to just park at the hydraulic lake camp site and chill out there.

lets both get stuck.

There was tons of snow, and we had to dig out the fire pit from 3 feet of snow, once we found it.

we found the fire pit

Then we saw the approaching forces and got out the pellet guns.  pretty darn fun.

target practice

About 4:30 we headed down.  Another successful mission and the 1st stuck of 2013.  we'll be back out next weekend.  you should come.

1970 judge. 

winter camping, and yes, we were warm enough

so on nov 28 we returned to hydraulic lake with a truck full of stuff. our mission, to sleep in a tent in the snow. we toured the campground until we fond a primo spot. not surprisingly, we were the only ones there.

we brought the usual pallets, aluminum foil and random meat. it was a darn good mission. we (kris and i, who else) had 6 sleeping bags, therma-rests and even pillows!! talk about luxury.



the entertainment for the evening consisted primarily of getting pulled around a gt snowracer behind a truck. the result is some sweet bruising all along one leg. no pics of that, sorry.

sven and tim joined us around the fire for the evening, but felt their own beds were far better than sleeping in a tent in the winter in the snow. they definitely were welcome company.



It was snowing all evening, but when we woke up it was sunny. we had a sweet breakfast, but not as good as the bird did that stole kris's marinated steak and a bunch of his bacon.

sorry this post is lacking the normal enthusiasm. it's monday. i didn't take many pictures, but i hope you get some of the idea from the ones i did take.

until next time...

more tales from the truck

hydraulic lake... what a sweet little spot.

we (kris, sven and I) drove up here sunday. well, sven drove until his truck would go no further due to traction issues, then he hopped in the 4runner.



It was not the usual daredevil mission, but anything is better than nothing. The road up is a little slick, but not so bad. at the top is Hydraulic lake, which is also a reservoir for kelowna. The water level seemed to be low, but sine this was my 1st visit, it's only a hunch. There are actually a few different lakes. all frozen over now, but with a dubious thickness of ice. There are 2 forestry campgrounds at the top. we chilled at the 2nd one and had a small fire. good chance to axe and saw some stuff up. getting the fire going was a challange, until we got the right wood. then it was all good.



we only chilled at the top for about an hour, then drove back down. i do believe that this camping are will be a spot for a possible winter camping trip and snowshoe adventure.