Carpentering for the Carpenter

This sign was on the winter road across Lake Athabasca ("The Big Lake" ) It connected Uranium City to the rest of the world for about six weeks in Feb-Mar.each year. During that time the town would be full of trucks bringing in freight, beer, fuel, etc. The sign? 27 inches was enough ice to hold a loaded semi-trailer but they would have to stay under 40 mph and half a mile apart. I hitch-hiked out with a trucker once. It was the only time I ever slept in the sleeper of a truck. The trip took about 30 hours to get to Medow Lake and "civilization."