The girls were the first to go across. I was pulled across the
lake in an empty sled trailer behind one of the "machines." That
was my first experience of sledding across a frozen lake. I can
easily recall the feeling of bits of ice stinging my face as the
"machine" sped me across the lake into the darkness. I remember
seeing the first glimpse of light across the darkness as we approached
the island on which lay Lakeland Hunting Lodge.