Ready for “Survivor North Pole”
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 by Cybele
This past weekend, our family stayed with friends on Pleasant Lake in Otisfield, Maine. It was a winter wonderland…There was easily 4+ feet of snow on the ground. The camp sits right at the water’s edge and faces west across the narrow part of the lake. We obtained fishing licenses in advance so that we could participate in one of Maine’s winter pass-times, ice fishing. After watching our friend Mark handle a manual ice auger to efficiently drill 6 holes in the ice to set up traps, by girl friend Jo and I took our best shot drilling a hole in the ice. 15 minutes later, the kids are starting to lose interest. It’s not as easy as it looks!–the ice was about 14 inches thick…
We are now ready for Survivor Winter Edition. Jokingly we wondered aloud why after 8+ years, there has never been a winter-time themed Survivor. Our best guess is that there is very little skin opportunities, (no bikinis, no boobies, no 6-packs), just frost bite.
We also enjoyed some xc skiing, sledding (or sliding as they say here in Maine), and of course Knob Creek.
