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   Hello Rob!   
      
   ** On Tuesday 08.08.23 - 01:21, you wrote to me:   
      
    RM> I used two roughly 2 gallon pails as my water supply so   
    RM> they had to be refilled pretty much every day. The box on   
    RM> the ice insulated the hole somewhat from the outside air,   
    RM> and the open hole into the water, which was about 2 feet   
    RM> across, allowed some heat from the water to keep the   
    RM> inside of the box warmer. Basically on a cold night   
    RM> instead of an open hole (if I could find it the next day)   
    RM> may accumulate 2 to 3 inches of ice overnight but the box   
    RM> covered hole, less than half that.   
      
   I have a friend in the Muskokas who relies on a creek a few     
   hundred feet from the cottage for supplying water. He mentions     
   how sometimes the road crew might plow over the opening he uses     
   for to access the water, and how sometimes he has a fair amount     
   of ice/snow to dig thru to get to the moving water.  Perhaps     
   some kind of covering like another pail would serve to keep the     
   ice from forming too fast.  I'll mention the idea.   
      
      
    RM> A while back my elderly parents found they couldn't really   
    RM> cope with winter themselves and talked me into staying   
    RM> with them during the months of snow and ice.. They live in   
    RM> Parry Sound, a small town not too far from my place. (20   
    RM> miles / 32 km)   
      
   I have some land in the Parry Sound area.. but it's to the East     
   and surrounded by the Bear Lake Peatland Conservation Reserve.     
   No proper road access.  Building something on it would have to     
   be delivered by helicopter or something.   
      
   I made a glorious 22km round hike to the property and back to     
   my truck in May this year.  I hiked crossed a 100m beaver damn     
   in the Crownland part to reach my property from the East.   
      
      
    RM> Now that I'm older too I'm not sure I could cope at my   
    RM> place but I may give it a shot rather than move into   
    RM> another situation once that option is gone.. My father   
    RM> passed a few years back and my mother celebrated her 90th   
    RM> birthday last December, but she still manages to live on   
    RM> her own in her own home with a little hired help from   
    RM> others and a lot of help from me..   
      
   Similar situation here too. Snow removal is the biggest hurdle     
   for me, but I have a neighbor across my small lake who     
   volunteers to clear my driveway and make some space for a turn-    
   around.   
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