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Whatever falls on my property... mostly oak, maple and birch. Tonight I'm burning oak from a downed tree in 2017.

-3 currently, with the w/c down around -15. Def gonna be on stove patrol tonight.

Snowy, windy, temps down in the teens.. snow has come down very hard at times with some north wind lake enhancement.

R.I.P.

I'm am pretty snowed in up here... haven't been to town since Wednesday. Models were pretty consistent in showing snowfall in feet around here. Received 16-17" as a storm total here, and I see MQT recorded pretty close to the same with 16.5" last night and today. I've had nearly 40" the past 5 days and my two snow stakes are measuring 32 and 34 inches otg. Winter so far seems to be picking up right where last year left off.

It's a lot of work. Still snowing nicely with over a foot now and a few more inches possible... picnic table

Looks like 10" or so of super dense snow fell overnight and still coming down hard... in excess of 2' on the ground now. Looking out on the deck as it gets daylight. Haven't shoveled out there all week and I've had over 30".

65" of snow in the next 10 days... Better gas up the blower...lol

East snow belts sure have been cashing in lately. Later today into tonight when winds go more N/NNW, it should begin to snow heavier again here. Meanwhile, overnight it cleared and with around 10" on the ground, the temp has fallen to 8 and probably no higher than 15 for a high today. Hard to believe Halloween was 12 days ago.

Leaves have peaked, season's first snow is in the forecast, will certainly pale in comparison to west of here in the N plains, nonetheless, winter is very close to setting in here in Michigan's north woods.

I felt the same way. Jonger used one of his nine lives.

Jonger, wow! WTF were you thinking even being out? I didn't feel safe walking to the end of my driveway the other night! It's too deep to ride... heck it's too deep to even snowshoe. Two people have died within 5-10 miles of my house since I've been here as a result of getting lost or stuck and then freezing to death. One of the guys was up by Eagle, too. The remoteness and inaccessibility of this area, especially in the winter is nothing to take so lightly. This a wilderness, you know that! June last year, I was at a friends camp near the Silver Lake Basin (probably not far from where you were stranded as the crow flies) on a beautiful, sunny 65 degree day, wearing only short sleeves and decided to take a little hike alone. 30 minutes in, clouds and a north wind moved in. 10 minutes later it was 34, foggy, misting, wind was blowing. I got cold, panicked, got turned around, no cell service. I was shivering and shaking, and I too, for brief moments thought I could die. The regret that just poured through me was awful. To die from making such an innocent, stupid mistake. I never want to feel that again. If not for my wonderful better-half and the other guys at camp laying on their truck horns, it may have ended differently for me. One of the best lessons I have learned living here- respect what can kill you. Glad you are okay. Good God!

This is the most ridiculous sh*t ever! Point taken, Beavis!