We had another opportunity to visit Marina and Gena’s country cottage and as usual it was a great time with friends. On this trip, I had the adventure of ice fishing for the first time. Now I have to say, I wasn’t too keen on the idea…the Desna river is large similar to the Columbia and it’s been above freezing for the last week with lots of sunshine. However, I was told I could stand on the “shore” and enjoy the sunshine. Well, what they didn’t tell me is I had to cross an alcove and make my way to where the main river flows and that the river bank was actually underwater…great. Trust me; my ears were quite a tuned to any noises that ice was making. After we got out to “base camp” where I would be standing (with Gena’s brother Sasha) we had some drink and snacks while Gena and a friend went and checked the lines. It was beautiful, the sun was in and out and Sasha and I had some pleasant conversation in very broken Russian/English. Not too long afterward a blizzard whipped up and the snow was coming down horizontal…always an adventure.
The next morning we went back out, and this time I took Ellie with me (I got a measurement on the ice and it was every bit of 4 inches…that means we were safe) Ellie was amazed and being able to walk on a river and found the whole adventure pretty cool…err I mean cold…freezing cold. The poor girl ended up getting chilled so I brought her back to shore and we had a relaxing walk back to the cottage.
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| Gena in our mini-blizard |
We had another opportunity to visit Marina and Gena’s country cottage and as usual it was a great time with friends. On this trip, I had the adventure of ice fishing for the first time. Now I have to say, I wasn’t too keen on the idea…the Desna river is large similar to the Columbia and it’s been above freezing for the last week with lots of sunshine. However, I was told I could stand on the “shore” and enjoy the sunshine. Well, what they didn’t tell me is I had to cross an alcove and make my way to where the main river flows and that the river bank was actually underwater…great. Trust me; my ears were quite a tuned to any noises that ice was making. After we got out to “base camp” where I would be standing (with Gena’s brother Sasha) we had some drink and snacks while Gena and a friend went and checked the lines. It was beautiful, the sun was in and out and Sasha and I had some pleasant conversation in very broken Russian/English. Not too long afterward a blizzard whipped up and the snow was coming down horizontal…always an adventure.
The next morning we went back out, and this time I took Ellie with me (I got a measurement on the ice and it was every bit of 4 inches…that means we were safe) Ellie was amazed and being able to walk on a river and found the whole adventure pretty cool…err I mean cold…freezing cold. The poor girl ended up getting chilled so I brought her back to shore and we had a relaxing walk back to the cottage.
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