Fire, Snow, Ice,

We were out on the lake again today. It is so lovely to be able to walk on the snow scooter tracks without falling through, even though the snow is still 1 metre deep.
Even after 30+ winters in this part of the world I am still slightly fascinated by the fact I can safely walk where I'll be swimming or paddling my kayak in four months time!  In this picture I am actually standing on land but I'm about to walk down the slope, across the lake, and up the hill on the far side.
Earlier, we'd found a fire burning on the ice, right at the edge of the lake (extra).
Whoever had made the fire had also carved out a snow bench so we had somewhere to sit and drink our coffee, with the sun shining fully upon our face (see HarlingDarling's blip).
Our unknown fire makers had left a fair bit of rubbish around their fire so we hooked it out of the water and managed to burn it all before we headed home.