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Mudslides on Mount Washington and Nibbles Woodaway will be floating in Narragansett Bay.

The heterogeneity of Covid-19 long term effects is what really makes me stop and think. I mean, Eduardo Rodriguez was just cleared to "take walks" a few days ago given the cardiac complications he is experiencing following recovery.

This. Many other states (e.g., Wisconsin, Ohio, Colorado) have had some steady increases in hospitalizations in the past 2-4 weeks. Hospitals in northern Wisconsin are pretty tapped out.

Interesting thought. I can definitely see the relationship to the fires and volcanic eruptions. There must be some way to compare in terms of debris or gas emission.

Call me skeptical lol

Have a week or so of chilly mornings and the smallmouth get aggressive. If you're fishing and come over one with the boat it will come off the bottom with the shadow of the boat. This was about a 3 lbs smallie. Middle part of the screen is my drop-shot sinking down. Last 3rd of the screen is the fish swimming over to the drop shot and eating it.

Depends on what I'm fishing: Drop shot, tubes, small swimbaits, Ned rig, fluke = usually 6/8 lbs flouro leader to braid main on spinning Jig, grass fishing, spinnerbait, jerkbait, topwaters, blade bait = casting with 12-15 lbs flouro+ Lew's is making some quality stuff, especially rods. Most Quantum pro staff left for Lew's. That looks like a 6'10 MH rod in that combo based on the reviews? It really depends on the tip action, if it was a MH with fast tip it is a good all around rod for everything but treble hooked baits (other than swimbaits with big trebles). Treble hooked baits require an extra fast so they do not pull a hole in the mouth and fall out. In terms of fish weight, even a 2 pound fish in heavy grass/wood requires a heavy rod to winch them out. What type of cover are you typically fishing?

Looks like some decent pitch, map reminds me of the Dutch Hill project with more of a trek in.

LOL. We drove 3 hours each way for a day trip up to MRG. I clipped a small tree on the bobsled track heading out to the 19th hole and sprained my knee, went in pounded some Sip-O-Sunshines, then decided to poke around some rabbit holes around Paradise but not way out to Octopus Garden or the 3 Cliffs. Watching the GoPro video from my helmet later I didn't realize at the time I was singing and skiing to the Cha-Cha Slide.

The shorelines have started.

Some snow over those stumps and that is a heck of a zipper turn line.

65* at 4pm, down to 43 already. Been a breezy couple days around the Quabbin.

Ah fall. Woodstove is packed and ready to go. Chilly day on the Quabbin with upper 50s and a 10-15mph N wind and 2-3 footers. Got home and took a hot shower.

DAMN

Definitely worth watching but that west bias is really coming through lately, just like it does with winter storms (e.g., rainy cutters/runners when the GFS and even the NAM in la-la land put down snow or developing systems too early putting down 3' in NYC).

Still one of my favorite youtube edits. If Michael Bay directed Titanic. LOL. As one in training, he is much more like my clinical neuropsychologist supervisors.

Yup, and Wildcat can get 20"+ but the wind will load and scour it so it seems like a regular day on some trails. I loved Bracket but some of my favorite trees at SL are still the small areas just south of the Spillway X-Cut. Steep and the snow just gets piled in there.

I thought I was crazy yesterday when I kept thinking the sky had a yellow/orange tint to it all afternoon on the Quabbin. Glad to know I'm not.

Down to 41, cooler than yesterday morning.

Saddleback is really crushing it. I heard there is already minimal lodging available for the winter.

Funny to see the wundergorund temps. We are currently 5-8* warmer than stations in Amherst, in the fall the cold air just settles in there. Past two years our first frost has come ~2 weeks later than theirs as well. 44* for a low here. House is at 63, shorts with a hoodie type day.

Yup, a few of those in our hood as well and their lawns are crispy. Kept mine at ~4" all summer, it looked shaggy but it definitely saved it. No rain for a week, go out and the ground is still damp. Just acting like a canopy.

Only got down to 45 in Burptown. Ye olde man @MBRIis up outside of Rangeley, curious if he saw some 30s this morning.

Minimal hummingbird activity at our feeders since Tuesday. Prior to that they were going through 10-12oz a day. Must be starting to head south.