The air was a bit colder today than it has been the last few days, but the skies were clear and blue.
This afternoon, we had lunch at Helse's and then we drove down Mitkof Highway all the way to the fish hatchery at Blind Slough. There was really no other place to stop due to snow and ice still covering much of everything. I had hoped that maybe Blind River Rapids area might be cleared of snow, but there was no such luck. The parking area had a foot or two of snow sitting on it.
We got out at Blind Slough and walked about the bridge area (where people go swimming during warmer days). Elise tried to walk on the crust of ice on top of the snow banks and snow fields but discovered that it wasn't strong enough to support her. The kids and I, being considerably lighter, were able to walk on the crust. I fell through a couple of times in the soft areas.
The area had obviously been used by the snow machines during the big snow a week or so ago. Now, the ice was definitely too thin to support anything substantial. Standing atop the bridge, we could hear the ice cracking below.
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