Lac des Roches is looking very festive these days as residents brighten the neighbourhood with colourful Christmas lights and decorations. For those residents who will be absent during the holidays, enjoy your Christmas and travel safely. For all those neighbours who will enjoy their holiday celebrations closer to home, mind the slippery conditions, beware of thin ice and Merry Christmas from your faithful community correspondent.
Armchair travelling
Bill and Lorraine Jollymore entertained an audience of 33 patrons on Dec. 12 with their slide show of their tour around Newfoundland. This is Bill and Lori’s second presentation this year. In March, they presented their slide show of their trip to New Zealand. Throughout the year, the Bridge Lake Library branch hosts Travel on Sundays, featuring travel adventures by South Cariboo residents. The next armchair trip is to Alaska on Jan. 16.
Book Club
Thirteen members of the Bridge Lake Book Club met on Dec. 4 at Wendy Marshall’s home and discussed the novel, Major Petigrew’s Last Stand, by Helen Simonson, among many other topics. The next discussion will also be at Lac des Roches, hosted by Lori Jollymore on Jan. 8, and the book selection is a novel by Garth Stein, The Art of Racing in the Rain.
Lake ice is behaving badly
The ice trying to form on Lac des Roches has provided quite a show this fall. Ice has been on and off the big lake several times during December although it may have finally frozen over on Dec. 15. West of Rock Island and in the Eagle Island narrows, the wave action of the ice will likely have left some very rough sections, challenging skiers and sledders for the rest of the winter. Shifting sheets of ice due to high winds have dislodged wharves and markers. Normally, it’s a problem we deal with during breakup in April or May. Floating markers will become lodged in the ice and may be moved with the shifting ice. To avoid damage to waterworks orother underwater equipment, markers should never be attached to their subject.
Sledders warning
Logging on the Wavey Lake Forest Service Road is expected to continue into January. This means the road will be plowed to accommodate several logging trucks during the weekdays. Since the plowing goes past Cow Camp, near the Bushwackers Clubhouse, sledders must use extra caution when accessing the many snowmobile trails from the road.