Author Archives: Lloyd Roberts

CHICKAWAUKEE : Sunset stroll on grade 1+ coarse cobblestones, thinnest I could find 5-6 inches but would be a very rough ice boat ride, the sort of thing you could get used to but not likely enjoy. I did not … Continue reading →

CHICKAWAUKEE Hurray, we’re sinking. Overnight and at -5F sunup most of the lake is grey, waterlogged snow on sinking ice. SEBAGOCAM.COM Shows what looks like new ice. Open water with waves yesterday. DAMMYCAM Looks like snow still. — This email … Continue reading →

IN THE MEANTIME While everyone is focused on the Pushaw Fantasia….. Everything else at home is freezing up. Chickawaukee closed over New Year’s Eve with one or two holes toward SE corner as usual. 2 1/2 inches of lovely ice … Continue reading →

I just received a shipment of bed frames from the local dump. I asked them to keep eye out for them, they did and called me! I now have enough steel for 8-10 sets of runners for Cheapskate. This stuff … Continue reading →

I am looking out the window at a motorboat where the ice was yesterday. I was however the first boat (canoe) on the pond yesterday and had a nice trout rise to a vintage “daredevil”. A little residual along the … Continue reading →