ICE = ICS

Got home on Friday from a long week on the road.  Nothing exciting to report on that.  Yesterday I got up and started the tour of  Northern NY to see where the ice was out.  I headed over to the South Grasse, which appears to be about a week of nice weather away from being ice free and open for business.  Then I went down to the Middle Branch of the Oswegatchie, which was in a similar state.  However, I did find the gate on the other side of Bryant's Bridge to be open, which is promising for a chance to get on Section III this spring without having to hike in.  It looks like they are doing some logging up in there so we will see how long it lasts.  Then I went down to Lowville and meet up with Sally, Ron and Jim.  Mill Creek was ice free, and also water free.  The good news is there is still a lot of snow to be melted in that area, so it may run again.  They we went over to the Independence, which still had just enough ice on "Elbow Breaker" to look kinda sketchy.  Also, the level was only about 300, so the whole run wasn't a good option.  So, the creek boat stayed dry, and we went to Inner City.  Wave was pretty trashy yesterday.  I took about 4 rides and then decided it would be more fun to sit on shore and drink Labbatt's Ice in honor of all the GD ice that kept me out of my creek boat yesterday.  

Today is supposed to be much warmer, high fourtees.  That just means that shit is going to run again on Monday/Tuesday when I am at work.  Frustrating.

LaFlair