So my Dad is working a winter camp job up in the northern Mountains, he can run all kinds of different peices of equipement and has worked in more places then I can think of, he gets to see some amazing sites, I can remember going to visit him in the summers, that was before the safety rules came in so tight, and families could still come and stay at the camps for a week or two with their kids to see their dad’s.
I also remember getting shipped off to “have” a holiday by cleaning/cooking for dad when I was a bratty what is now called pre-teen, poor dad, I could tidy up well enough but I assure you that at that age, he was on a limited recipe base, but he would eat what I made, and bless him, he didn’t say much to me at least about the qaulity of the food 🙂
So here a couple of photos of him working the burning slough, So the right though needs to be cleared and the ground is frozen solid, so the slough is filled with the wood from the cut right and burned to heat the ground under which is the very size the ditch needs to be for the pipe to go though.
Getting started and showing the slough
Now its going good, and what a photo!
![The%20Burningslough[1]](https://livingmydreamlifeonthefarm.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/the20burningslough1.jpg?w=640)
![The%20Roaring%20fire[1]](https://livingmydreamlifeonthefarm.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/the20roaring20fire1.jpg?w=640)



Wow. I never knew that was how they did that! Your Dad must be a strong man, working out in that weather. He also sounds like a good man.
Your dad sure takes wonderful photos, wonder where you got that from hmmmmm?