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Yet another Ice Castle

Since 1933 the folks who live around here have cut blocks of ice out of the nearby frozen lakes and assembled them into an "Ice Castle."

This years castle has built in lighting

a 35 feet 10.6M tower made of  clear fresh water ice carefully placed to form this years edifice

The evening temp was -17F and the streets were empty...

Earlier visitors stuck penny's into the frozen ice to leave this profound message...

 It's really cold up here... 


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Polar Bear Plunge

What can you do to help others, enjoy the outdoors and tick off another one of those things few people ever dare to do?  Maybe take a short swim in some frigid water...

Hmmm, just about -11F I noticed as I sipped the morning coffee.  Today's high - a very balmy 5F

What little moisture freezes onto glass in spectacular patterns.

Maybe a good dare today would be to jump into a lake...

Frozen over for many weeks now, this pool was cut out with a chain saw and kept from re-freezing by constant sweeping over the surface with a scrapper...

And here they come! This years polar bears wander out towards the pool! These two were the Tequila Twins from Tucson...

What would jumping in freezing cold water on a frigid day be without a visit from Big Foot?

LOL... pajamas and Sorrels...

More participants wander down

The kick off - by the most senior polar bear!

Snow White and her pals...

This was just something they wanted to do...

Alas the 2018 plunge is over.  The event raised funds for a very good cause, "Angle on My Shoulder" 

Another wonderful day in the very cold Northern Wisconsin winter. 

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