WHERE IS SPRING

Skiing Sun Peaks with friend Ian Logan

The day after we left for our western ski trip to BC it snowed over a foot at Foxwood. That was on March 2 and so it became obvious that March would be coming in like a lion. Here we are, just into the month of April and we are back into cold temperatures. Last night it went all the way down to -15C, and it's going to happen again tonight. By the end of this week the weather forecasters say we could have as much as 30 cm of new snow. Looks like April is in like a lion too!

Ragged Falls in flood

There are a few good things to the colder weather and one of them is to slow down the snow melt. The region has had a huge amount of rain over the last few days and there is flooding happening in many areas. The rivers and creeks have been running full tilt. We took a drive around yesterday to see what was going on. It was quite awe inspiring to see the power behind all that water rushing down.

Foxwood dock under 4" of water

Lake of Bays has risen well over foot in only the last few days. Our dock is currently about 4" underwater. Fortunately, the lake ice is still in so we don't have to worry about the wave action combining with the high water to erode the shoreline or damage our the dock. With a few more dry or cold days we should see the lake levels drop to safer levels.
It looks like relief from the colder temperatures is coming next week and then it's into spring clean up to get the grounds raked up and summer cottages opened.