"Our Kawartha Lakes fun
in the winter time."
In the winter
In the winter our Kawartha Lakes fun is ice skating, walking across the lake and tobogganing over it. This year our father had his snow blower out on the lake and cleared a whole skating rink for us to enjoy.
Dad making the ice rink and having fun with his new toy.
After the rink was all completed, it rained. Of course!
The ice rink ready for skating
The rain melted all the snow away and created one huge skating rink. Pigeon Lake was so smooth that we could skate right across and around the lake. It was like having our own enormous skating rink all to ourselves. We could not believe it. We had a full Kawartha Lakes fun day.
Checking out the ice after it rained
A week later and a snow storm in between, a new rink was made. Every day dad was out there clearing the ice for us. This time he made on inside lane and an outside passing lane.
Standing on Nichols Cove
After a whole afternoon of skating on the ice, the fun turned into a roller coaster tobaggan ride.
The rollar coaster ride
At the end of the day we lost dad somewhere on the lake. He decided to go cross country skiing on the lake. We went to hunt him down.
On the hunt
We stoppped to see if the Teepee was still standing on one of the islands. Sure enough, it was still there after 3 years.
The three year old teepee and teepee tiny it is.
After visiting the Teepee we crossed through the islands over to our summer time swimming hole. Apparently a huge wind storm in freezing temperatures froze the water immediatley and made icicles against the island. Walking around the isalnd we could see the how the ice had all shifted down because the Trent Severn Waterways drained out the water through the locks in the Kawartha Lakes.
Amazing forms of ice
Our nephew could not believe the size of the icicles. Nor could we.
Playing hide and seek
After playing hide and seek and who could snap off the biggest icicle, it was time to move on to find dad.
The biggest icicle
Two snowmobilers crossed our path and headed down the straights to Little Bald Lake.
Snowmobilers crossing Pigeon Lake
Our niece and nephew were sure happy to see dad skiing up the straights from Little Bald Lake to Pigeon Lake.
Our 4 year old nephew running to see pops
We turned around and headed back home. According to everyone, our task was accomplished. We could have walked for miles and miles over Pigeon Lake past Hurricane point and into Bobcaygeon. NOT.
The view into Bobcaygoen
It was sure nice to see home base. The sun began to set and the chilly breeze started to roll across the icy lake.
Homeward bound
