October 8 - readying to leave

The weather for the past week at Wabun has been beautiful beyond description!

78º on the Map Room porch yesterday afternoon

The view from our cabin this morning

 - -  and the extended warmth has probably translated into an extended growing season as we are harvesting the tomatoes that our chef, Robin Potts, planted at the beginning of the season and left us when she headed off for North Bay.

Garden Island produce

Ian Cameron returned to Wabun to join Marg and me in putting the camp to bed for the winter - docks flipped up - once in place, incoming ice from the north during break-up is ushered up ramps and over the dock, keeping the floes from pushing directly against the northern edge - ideally  - - -

Lifting ice diverters

 --- boats are out of the water, all engines winterized, water system shut down, all the hatches battened down and readied for the winter.

Marg and I will leaving the island tomorrow morning after a Canadian Thanksgiving dinner with the Foster family on the other side of the island this evening.

It's been a fabulous stay, but we are both looking forward to being in New Hampshire again,

Cheers,

Dick