Our friends, Tim and Ali Winslow invited us to journey into the Northern Maine Woods for the annual ice cutting. Ali's family runs a sporting camp in T8 R9, Maine, called Libby Camps. Every year on Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend, family and friends gather to cut ice from Millinocket Lake for the camp to use all summer long (since there is no electricity).
Cutting the blocks
Removing blocks from the lake
Trimming the blocks
Posing for a picture on a trimmed block of ice
Ali and I transported the blocks from the lake to the ice house
Tim and Matt helped in the ice house
The blocks are packed with snow to prevent melting in the summer months
Each block weighs about 60 pounds and measures approximately 13" by 13" by 15"
With sub-zero temperatures, using the outhouse was a FRIGID experience
The camp we stayed in with Tim, Ali, and their two dogs Brookie and Tober
Walking to the kitchen with Ali for breakfast
Ali, Tim, and Matt
