Greetings To All, well the time is finally here. We depart for Alaska Wednesday morning. New tires, New brakes, New wheel bearings. Now time to go. Have decided to close my eyes when time to fill-up. ...
".... We were surprised at how many lakes still had ice."
Can't speak for Canada, but for much of Alaska, spring has been nice, but slow; pretty cool-ish until recently and now (depending where one is at) cooling again.
Local lake that I boat at has lore that "Ice is always out by Mother's day"...except it was nearly two weeks later this year.