It looked like it was going to be an early freeze over, but has turned into a late one. Open water along half the south shore.

There is a skiff of snow on the back road. Compacted nicely as we've been driving on it every day.

Looking at the two week forecast I wouldn't expect there to be any problem driving in for xmas (with a pickup)

Anyone been to south side lately? Wondering about road condition on fsr

December 1 and no ice in yet???? Don't tell me there is no such thing as global warming.

Heading back towards ice off!

Are you frustrated that the Northeast camera image is often cropped and that the Yesterday movies aren't working anymore? Well so am I! LOL

The reason I'm told is that, when that terrible windstorm went through the area last spring, some damage occurred to a piece of equipment upstream to our local ISP. This ends up giving me dropped connection when uploading data.

I'm also told that a solution will fix this 'in the Fall'

Raegan's South Side camera is set up this winter to give us images all year long. Provided it gets enough sunshine...

I also extended the posting time for this form. Any other suggestions?

Thanks, Rob

Thank you to everyone who helped through these trying times.
I would like to send a special thank you to Rob for supplying the forum to provide us with so much helpful information.
Thank you Rob

We made our first trip up to our cabin since the fire.

A lot of devastation along the way, but thankful to everyone who helped fight the inferno, as it could have been MUCH worst.

I did notice one big difference: the cost of lumber. We needed to buy some OSB sheets for a shed - and the local Rona Interlakes were charging roughly $28 a sheet. Thankfully 108 Mile was only charging $19.95 a sheet, but the price difference was quite a bit from what it was pre-fire. I cannot account for the price difference between the two lumber yards, as I hope that we aren't seeing the price gouging by some places that has been reported.

None the less, I am glad to have our Cariboo back to normal, and looking forward to spending thanksgiving with friends and family.

My condolences to those who lost their homes and cabins on Sheridan before it could be put out. Hopefully they will be able to rebuild quickly.

Once again, thanks to everyone on the forum for the updates during the wildfires!

Evacuation order for south of Hwy. 24 will be lifted at 2pm tomorrow, 16 Sept. 2017.

Photo Credit: Don Schwartz

One of our neighbours, Don Schwartz, who owns a cabin on Boulanger flew his helicopter over the area recently. We are very lucky - especially the south siders. I have heard there has been no new growth with the cooler temps. I also heard rumor that some properties on Sheridan were having sprinklers removed soon.