Now how many people do you know that would go north just when winter was starting to thaw in Franklin? The ponds were clear of ice in Hancock County when we left, but it was still three feet thick here on Long Lake. That did not deter the party from er, ..partying, as we see here in the case of Allie Cousins on the balcony of the Long Lake Motor Inn. April 2005 St. Agatha, Maine