The winter from hell…

Another quiet week in the northwoods of Wisconsin. Missing the sound of snowmobiles passing by the house, no snowmobiles parked at local bars and restaurants. But I did see some regulars from years past sitting at Bauer’s Dam. Scott and his wife always rent from Deer path finally made it up. Marty and company that stay at Bauer’s cabins were up and getting there poker run cards completed and turned in. First time they could remember coming up not hauling the trailers full of snowmobiles. The snowmobile trails in Wisconsin have an end date of March 31st and were about 45 days and closing with no snow in the forecast.

We picked up our truck from the body shop on Friday afternoon that was struck by a deer last November. Gerber bodyshop of Eagle River did an outstanding  job. It’s an older truck 2002 Chevy Silverado but is in great condition for its age. As we were picking our truck up, my son’s truck was towed in that morning from a deer hit coming into Eagle River. His truck had to be towed due to the impact of the hit.

As winter rolls on with this unusual warmth and no snow in the extended forecast, my hopes of snowmobile season are running low. The LandOver ATV club of Vilas County did another ride this weekend, but we decided to sleep in on Saturday. We did go on a poker run by car and hit some places that the UTV’s couldn’t . We were sitting at Great Escape mid afternoon when we got word the trail boss was heading our way with around 14 machines. With temps around 28 degrees, I waited at the trail stop opening and did get a video of them coming through. They were all bundled up and looked frozen…lol.  

Still doing my snow dance…RWM