Greenwater Report for November 13, 2000

---The Greenwater Report for November 13, 2000

Greenwater Provincial Park - November 13, 2000 - By: Gerald Crawford

pleasant
November 12th, 2000: It was -16° this morning, but the sun was shining and there was almost no wind. Quite pleasant.

more
snow
We got some more snow Monday night and Tuesday and it looked pretty permanent. I walked past Mystery Lake on Tuesday and it was frozen over. It is a good-sized lake, eight or ten acres, but being right down in a bowl with tall trees around it doesn‚t get much wind. Our dugout is pretty well frozen over, too, except where the aerator bubbles. Once we get snow, I would like to see a substantial fall so that people can get started with their winter activities. And too, winter days seem much warmer when the ground is covered.

snow
shovel
We went to Saskatoon on Wednesday; there had been more snow overnight and there was a good, stiff north wind, so when we got home on Thursday there was five inches on the driveway, and up to two feet on the deck. At least I am getting some exercise on the end of a snow shovel. There’s not quite enough to justify starting the tractor.

frozen over completely
Thursday evening, I noticed the lake was frozen for about a hundred feet from shore, despite the strong north winds. It was terribly rough, of course. It likely would have been frozen much farther if it hadn’t been for the strong north winds lately. This morning when we drove to the Park, we could see that the lake was frozen over completely, likely coincident with the wind going down. I didn’t notice it yesterday, so we should be safe in saying it froze on November 11th, just about normal.

snowmobiles
It didn’t take the snowmobiles long to shake the dust off. We met one between Tisdale and Crooked River, going to beat the band in the ditch, and there are tracks on the shoulders of Highway #38. Several went by our cottage at the Park today.

TV election news
We have been bombarded with radio and TV election news and propoganda from two directions lately - possibly three if we consider the stirrings of provincial action - yet not a whisper in our own riding. We assume Garry Breitkreuz will be running again for the Canadian Alliance, and I believe I saw a blurb in one of the weeklies about Ron Pilon getting the Liberal nomination, but no sign of the other parties. No signs, not even on George Renneberg’s lawn! In fact, there weren’t all that many signs all the way to Saskatoon, except for Jim Pankiw’s. I think our riding is called Yorkton-Melville - maybe all the advertising is on Yorkton TV, which we don‚t get here. Anyway, the guys at coffee row say if nobody cares enough to ask for our votes, why should we vote?

ruffed
grouse
Al Roden and Jim Carnago were relaxing at Al’s place the other day, celebrating the end of their hunting season. They heard a "bang!" like a door slamming, then a second later another "bang!". They checked throughout the house and didn't see anything amiss. Then they checked the garage, and there on the floor were two dead ruffed grouse. They had flown in through the open garage door and tried to fly out through the window, but it was too tough. Al said they were quite tender.

Gerald B. Crawford
Box 100, Chelan, SK S0E 0N0 (306) 278-3423
Check out my Webpage: http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/crawg

The pictures included with today's Greenwater report were taken in late October but are such outstanding images it seemed appropriate to include them with today's report.

---The Greenwater Report for November 13, 2000

Greenwater Provincial Park - November 13, 2000 - By: Gerald Crawford

pleasant	November 12th, 2000: It was -16° this morning, but the sun was shining and there was almost no wind. Quite pleasant.

more snow	We got some more snow Monday night and Tuesday and it looked pretty permanent. I walked past Mystery Lake on Tuesday and it was frozen over. It is a good-sized lake, eight or ten acres, but being right down in a bowl with tall trees around it doesn‚t get much wind. Our dugout is pretty well frozen over, too, except where the aerator bubbles. Once we get snow, I would like to see a substantial fall so that people can get started with their winter activities. And too, winter days seem much warmer when the ground is covered.

snow shovel	We went to Saskatoon on Wednesday; there had been more snow overnight and there was a good, stiff north wind, so when we got home on Thursday there was five inches on the driveway, and up to two feet on the deck. At least I am getting some exercise on the end of a snow shovel. There’s not quite enough to justify starting the tractor.

frozen over completely	Thursday evening, I noticed the lake was frozen for about a hundred feet from shore, despite the strong north winds. It was terribly rough, of course. It likely would have been frozen much farther if it hadn’t been for the strong north winds lately. This morning when we drove to the Park, we could see that the lake was frozen over completely, likely coincident with the wind going down. I didn’t notice it yesterday, so we should be safe in saying it froze on November 11th, just about normal.

snowmobiles	It didn’t take the snowmobiles long to shake the dust off. We met one between Tisdale and Crooked River, going to beat the band in the ditch, and there are tracks on the shoulders of Highway #38. Several went by our cottage at the Park today.

TV election news	We have been bombarded with radio and TV election news and propoganda from two directions lately - possibly three if we consider the stirrings of provincial action - yet not a whisper in our own riding. We assume Garry Breitkreuz will be running again for the Canadian Alliance, and I believe I saw a blurb in one of the weeklies about Ron Pilon getting the Liberal nomination, but no sign of the other parties. No signs, not even on George Renneberg’s lawn! In fact, there weren’t all that many signs all the way to Saskatoon, except for Jim Pankiw’s. I think our riding is called Yorkton-Melville - maybe all the advertising is on Yorkton TV, which we don‚t get here. Anyway, the guys at coffee row say if nobody cares enough to ask for our votes, why should we vote?

ruffed grouse	Al Roden and Jim Carnago were relaxing at Al’s place the other day, celebrating the end of their hunting season. They heard a "bang!" like a door slamming, then a second later another "bang!". They checked throughout the house and didn't see anything amiss. Then they checked the garage, and there on the floor were two dead ruffed grouse. They had flown in through the open garage door and tried to fly out through the window, but it was too tough. Al said they were quite tender.

	Gerald B. Crawford Box 100, Chelan, SK S0E 0N0 (306) 278-3423 Check out my Webpage: http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/crawg
The pictures included with today's Greenwater report were taken in late October but are such outstanding images it seemed appropriate to include them with today's report.