It took three tries to get back to Fairbanks. The first day my flight to Chicago was canceled and the second day the same flight was canceled for bad weather. Finally made it to Chicago the third day but had to sit there for 5 hours because my next flight was delayed and I missed my connection in Seattle. They put me on a later flight and I finally made it back.
There was a nice warm (above zero) day in January so we decided to go Ice Fishing. We rented a little hut from the state and drove about a hour from Fairbanks to meet some guys from the fisheries department.
We drove right out onto the ice which was pretty cool
Our hut had a little wood stove so we managed to build a fire and it kept pretty warm in there. The huts had corners with holes in the ice but the holes were frozen over and the auger the guys we met had was too big for those holes so we had to fish outside.
The ice was about 5 to 6 feet thick so they use motorized augers
Inside the tent they had where it was darker you could see right down into the hole
Later in the day the temperature dropped off pretty fast and our beers froze shut before you could finish them
I decided to do a handstand over the hole
Our plans also included snowshoeing that day but we got off to a late start so we ended up going the next day. Jason, Steve and I had rented snowshoes so we took them out to some trails about a half hour from town.
I made tracks
Afterward Jason let Steve and I shoot off a round with his .44 magnum into some snow. Our ears were ringing for a few hours at least.
There are more pictures on Steve and Jason's cameras but they're just as bad as me at uploading them.
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