Finally went ice camping

[Sam Menard]

Looking into the photo situation, Sam. We'd love to see your pics.

PS: Testing.
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Sam have you tried shrinking your photos?

Sharon, no I haven’t tried shrinking the images, what is the max size to post photos?

[Sam Menard]

Tending the fire a couple of times through the night is definitely a requirement the same as any stove. How often depends on whether the fire is damped down or left to burn full bore. As for sleeping and keeping warm,your idea of using a lawn chair pad is good,but,it helps tremendously if you roll a piece of foam carpet underlay (vapor barrier side down) between the you and the pad making sure that it's slightly wider than your sleeping pad and bag.

Thanks for the tip, I’ll look into it.

[Sam Menard]

Funny you mentioned the 1 lb tanks and the Big Buddy heater. I snowshoed into my cottage yesterday with my 7 year-old son. We fired up the woodstove, but he was cold while it was heating the place up, so I took out my Big Buddy heater. Normally I connect it directly to the central propane system or a 20 lb tank if I am staying overnight and plan to use it a lot, but since we were only there for the day, I just screwed on a 1 lb bottle. You are right, they don't last long on high. I also found that it shut off by itself at one point. I thought the bottle was empty, but it seemed to just be too iced up. I put it on medium and it worked fine.

What was the temperature at night while you were camping?

According to Environment Canada, the temperature at the weather station 20 kms away bottom out at -13C at 6:00 am. It felt colder on the ice though lol. By 0900, the sun started to warm up the shack rather nicely. I was tempted to stick around longer, but the fishing shuts down completely during the day.