Right before the trip, when I heard that we were going to stay two nights in the motels, I thought about contingency again and again. Finally I decided to pack a lot of stuff, including our own bed sheet and cover.
When we were on the road heading to our first resting spot, all I could say was "~~cold~~". As a backup to the backup driver, I was lucky enough during the whole trip, just sat at the rear seat and tried to look at the scenery outside. Since it was too cold, minus - 30c around, there were accumulated damp fog on the car windows as well. I wasn't able to comment much on the scenery then. Although we stopped at some resting spots in the highway, it's too cold to stay outside even one minute.
The next day, the gang arrived in the spot booked beforehand. When I was still struggling how to survive in the cold, I was told that we were having a small shed. Very surprise, it's so warm inside the shed. A wood furnace is in, so people can enjoy fishing without getting hit by extreme cold.
Well, the temperature inside was at least 15 to 20 degree. I almost forgot that we were actually sitting on the icy river, Rivière Sainte-Anne in the town of Ste-Anne-de-La Pérade. The ice could be more than 50cm thick, and outside was nearly minus - 50c. In addition to that, I really enjoyed the baked banana and sweet potato ~ Fishing was not my job.
