Ice Fishing Sue Shirley

The tundra vista and the land are like a rocky beach, the rolling hills like sand dunes, with no trees or other major vertical obstructions. You can drive without really dedicating all of your consciousness to it.

Once you have some experience the proper approach to the lumps and bumps can be nearly without thought, although there are some areas with more difficult hummocks of peat and grass standing up in hollows of sunken bog. A rough terrain, it doesn’t have to be dangerous if you can find the balance between relaxation and alertness.

Gritting my teeth against the jolts as we attacked the trail to the Diane River (a formidable path in summer but, hopefully better now) I felt sure the trip would still have its rough surprises.