spring…not!!!

Another week goes by and great weather for everything but winter activities. Went on another LandOver ATV/UTV club ride on Saturday, this time over 50 vehicles and a packed house at Wild Turkey for a buffet style breakfast that was outstanding. I met new folks that live in Three Lakes and trailered up for the event. Started out chilly with temps around 20 degrees, but quickly warmed up to the mid 40’s. We were able to visit Brews Pub, Club 45 that put on an awesome Taco Bar, Dublins, Twin Lake Pub, ShotSkis, Erins, Bauer’s Dam, Burnt Bridge. This was the next best thing to ride if we can’t be on snowmobiles. I did take a video when we arrived at Twin Lake pub I put on the interweb showing as many UTV’s and ATV’s that attended the event, was great to be apart of such a historic event that just isn’t suppose to happen this time of year.

Sunday with the family on Lower Lake Buckatabon fishing was a bust. Beautiful warm spring like day with a temperature of 50 degrees. The lake ice was making a noise we normally hear when it’s freezing. But with the warm weather it was sounding off just about every 30 seconds. Almost sounds like sounds right out of a horror movie soundtrack-creaking, moaning groaning as the ice is shifting . When this happens our local fish authority (Jake) tells me the fish tend not to bite, as such was the case.

So we ended up in the garage fixing the one snowmobile that needed some small repairs. I received the parts in the mail a week ago, but was in no hurry to fix due to the extended forcast. About a 15 minute fix to put in a new set of brake pads but now needed to make sure they were seated correctly, I fired up the old girl along with 2 other sleds, and the 3 of us made our way across the lake for a lap trying to get our snowmobile fix for the day. I ended up stopping in the middle of the lake which is an island and normally has 2 feet deep of water. But the lake is very low right now due to the dam being open. I actually rode up on top of the sand and stopped. We did decide not to cross the channel to the upper Buckatabon not feeling the channel was safe to cross. Made our way back around to Bauer’s Dam and skipped the water, still a thrill to cross open water. Oh yeah, the brakes feel just like when the sled was new. Parked the sleds back in the garage just to wait for mother nature to change her mind on if winter will actually return.

Ended the day with a cocktail on the patio looking out at the lake. Gorgeous day to be outside enjoying the weather, just doesn’t feel right on February 4th being spring like weather and very little snow.

Here we sit waiting for the weather to change back to winter, hopefully by the end of the week.

Hopefully next post will show some winter scenes.

Till next time...RWM