After a miserable morning, the sun came out for lunch

In stark contrast to the consistent weather I experienced at Henik Lake, the weather here at Goose Lake has been extremely inconsistent.  One day in particular stands out as emblematic of Goose Lake weather; throughout the day, the sun was in and out of the clouds, with the temperatures fluctuating in response so that I would be freezing cold at one moment and desperately adding layers, and then ten minutes later be sweltering and peeling them off.  At the same time, we experienced intermittent showers of mist throughout the same day.

The other thing I have noticed since coming here is the wind. Without trees, the wind here picks up some tremendous speed.  Today in particular was windy, though not especially cold.  With the wind, we had rain, which means that I had to cover the transmitter with a tarp, and therefore also myself. I was initially positioned facing the wind with the cache to my back in order to deaden the sound of the generator to a degree. This caused the tarp to be blown into me and proved especially challenging all morning.  The tarps are not especially water proof either, and I found the water-repellency of my clothing was tested by the streams of water finding their way through the holes of the tarp and down my sleeves.  The afternoon was fortunately nicer, especially as I managed to move the transmitter to the other side of the cache, causing the wind to blow the tarps away from me instead.  My resourcefulness was for naught, though, as the rain disappeared in the afternoon.

Despite a lack of trees, I still get the autumn colours.

Watching the news at breakfast this morning, I noticed that it was supposed to be almost 34 degrees in Windsor today, compared to the high of 4 degrees we experienced yesterday.  Nevertheless, I can’t quite complain about the cool weather.  Although the rain will never be welcome, there is something wonderful about the colours of the season and the frost on the ground in the morning.

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