WinterWolf

Everybody is a comedian…thanks boys for the laugh.

What do the colors on the U.S. map correspond to(green- zone 5) for SNE?

Thank you. He’s in his own lil microclimate(lil Havana) there for sure. He hasn’t even had a frost yet…while those of us Northeast of him have had 4-5 frosts. Certainly not representative of most of his inland statesman that’s for sure. But good got him there in the tropics.

Agreed. It’s gonna be nice, so just enjoy it now. Too early for winter weather anyway for most all of us. As Scott said, tomorrow and Saturday gonna be cool and autumn like, then it milds up for a while. We take and enjoy and wait for things to evolve…at the opportune time.

Just enjoy the nice weather at this point…the rubber band will snap back, and just maybe we’ll time it right. For now it’s going to be a nice stretch, nothing wrong with that at this juncture.

Being it was dark(the tunnel affect) and the snow falling and accumulating very quickly…made road conditions very difficult and treacherous, and super slow going on 95/Maine turnpike that evening and overnight. And then towing in that just added to the stress and difficulty. Came home 4 years ago towing in the blizzard on 3/14/18 that hit eastern areas, and then headed up into Maine, and as soon as I got on 95 south in Houlton, it went bazurk. White out at times, but being it was morning/day time (10 am or so), it wasn’t as bad as it was at night. No picnic and one lane open for 4-5 hrs of travel towing a trailer down through Maine, but definitely better than doing that at night. Images below are from interstate 95 south on 3/14/18 just after I got on in Houlton, ME. Got worse than that as I headed south that day, as I came into the heart of that storm. That was the storm that dumped on Ray big time. I traveled home in that. Made a normally 9 hour ride home, about 13 hrs that trip.

Was through there in 3rd week of February this year…still was beautiful but there was logging as you said.

I know the area and route you took well. Beautiful ride through the Debouile trail. funny thing, I Was on my way up there in Dec of 06 as that one(storm) was wrapping up…drove all night, and had to pull into rest area just before Medway to sleep due to the mesmerizing nature of the heavy snow at night for hrs on end. 95 was one lane and barely passable, I was in 4 wheel hi towing my new trailer and new sled doing 30 mph if that, to St Agatha. A 9-10 hour trip took about 17 hrs. So Exhausting. When I arrived at the lodge at about 10am…the area was buried under close to 40”. Needless to say we broke trail for a couple days until grooming operations could get caught up…quite the experience.

Thank you so much for the very interesting info Tamarack. You are treasure trove of info for sure, I do appreciate it. Yes I agree…for sledding you can’t beat N. Maine, they take their snowmobiling and their trails very seriously….best trails east of the Mississippi for sure…and some of the best anywhere for that matter. Looking forward to a good season we hope. Thsnks again.

I agree with this…but not hot lol, mild to warm is fine.

This is exactly right.

Also the Octobomb of ‘11, which pretty much shut down Halloween. It(cold and snow in October) happens. But I’m fine with it mild for another couple weeks at least.

That’s Very interesting. The mill in Madawaska and Edmunston wasn’t there back then? Ya, that northern crown of Maine up there can do cold like few other places in the lower 48 that’s for sure. Can be BRUTAL. Been up to Escort Station a few times, another remote frigid place in winter. How bout the airfield on the way to escort…that’s a neat runway out there in the middle of nowhere/massive forest wilderness. Drops off like a cliff at the end of it about 100ft…sledders got killed there a few years ago drag racing, and didn’t know it was a cliff at the end. Me and a couple of buddies just rented a cabin in the Cross lake/Sinclair region for the winter for sledding. We love it up there. Great people.

Been out there on the sled in Dickie, ME…and then rode the logging roads to St.Pamphile Canada. Nothing out there at all but deep forest…very remote. Gorgeous though.

What is that? Some type of deer?

6 would make a nice meal.

You’d like it Will. It’s a nice meat…the key to not having it taste gamey, is after its cleaned you soak it in cold salt water for 3-5 hours, then rinse well, and then freeze if you’re not eating at that time.

This is another way to prepare them. Folks turn up their noses, when they’ve never even tried it..that’s nauseating. if I prepared them and fried them up and served them, most of you guys would like em..a lot. Just like frog legs…absolutely delicious too.

Nope…I wear shorts all spring and summer, and while I’m teaching when it’s warm.

Not gross at all. We would quarter them up and fry them…came out awesome. You’d love it. Tastes alot like rabbit…but a little firmer. Really Delicious.

They’re good eating…used to eat them all the time growing up. Need about 6-7 for a good meal for a family of four.

Ya that’s the one….GFS had the glitch, and when it did show the big hit after sending it out to sea for a few days, NWS said to ignore that run due to convective feedback, but it was finally catching on.

Absolutely.

I wouldn’t go that far…it could change fast come 2nd half of November. And regarding what Will said…we don’t want any decent pattern peaking before we are climatologically ready to take full advantage of it here in SNE…which means much closer to and into December, not first half of November.

Yes…that was a great run, with the very rare elusive Norlun thrown in for good measure. A very Fun/exciting 6 weeks.