Author: Loon Haunt Outposts

  • May 8, 2011

    May 8, 2011

    A 9 am photo from our dock, the ice is out.

  • May 6, 2011

    May 6, 2011

    Picture taken from Green Airways. The ice should be gone from Howey Bay on Monday or Tuesday, sooner if the wind blows. It is best if the ice just melts. When the wind blows, the ice often does serious damage to docks.

  • April 29, 2011

    April 29, 2011

    The ice is much darker. The high temperature today was 70 F. The forecast for tomorrow is warm with about half an inch of rain.

  • April 24, 2011

    April 24, 2011

    Most of the snow has melted but Howey Bay is still pretty white. We had six inches of snow a week ago and the nice fresh snow reflects the sunlight back, delaying the ice melting. We have had insufficient rain to get the ice dark enough to really help with the melting. First…

  • March 28, 2011

    March 28, 2011

    As you can see is this picture of Howey Bay, there has been no melting of ice in Howey Bay. The forecast for the next two weeks is for cool temperatures just barely melting during the day and freezing at night.

  • January 25, 2011

    January 25, 2011

    The picture at left was taken January 25 from the ice in front of Green Airways. The truck in the foreground is arriving in Red Lake from Cochenour, only a couple of miles away in the winter.

  • November 18, 2010

    November 18, 2010

    On the morning of November 18, our bay froze over. It was 0 Fahrenheit. Goose Lake will likely freeze about this time as well.

  • October 20, 2010

    October 20, 2010

    We pulled the airplane out of the water in late October.

  • September 7, 2010

    September 7, 2010

    September turned out to be a very busy time for us. First, we had to shut down all of the outposts and the main camp plus pick rice, we ended up with just over 9,500 pound of rice.

  • September 1, 2010

    September 1, 2010

    Early September at Goose Lake, the wild rice harvest is in full swing. Nearly 4,000 pounds picked as of September 1.