ilsnow.com - Part 27
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Operation St. Lawrence County

I think Crazy Cal was anticipating this ride even more than I was! But I was certainly more than eager for the trailer ride up pot-holed and frost-heaved Route 421 to Horseshoe Lake parking lot in pursuit of a great day. There was good fresh snow cover to give the total mid-winter luster under a […]

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Something different

When I get to the Back 9 of Winter, I try to hit places I hadn’t hit all winter or even many years. So my plan for Wednesday’s ride was to get down to Powley Road, then hit C8/Clockmill Corners trail and ride that into Stratford. Leaving Indian Lake… The groomers were headed out of […]

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Sunshine ride

Mild-ish temperatures over the weekend into Monday morning didn’t help our cause. But it came with very little rain, so not much damage done to the trails. Unfortunately, snow squalls Monday night didn’t leave more than a dusting as everything froze brick hard. But the sun was bright and I wanted to give it the […]

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Binge-a-thon continues!

I can’t make up for missing two weeks of riding. As that old Fleetwood Mac song goes, “Yesterday’s gone…” But I can nail what’s in front of me. After Wednesday’s long (and rough at times) miler, I wanted to go back to what I knew would be great. So I set sail in the direction […]

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More riding!

Nothing was going to top Tuesday’s mega-miler for its epic value, but that doesn’t mean I stop riding when there is plenty of it still to be done. Crazy Cal decided to roll the dice and join me on Wednesday. We did the “C8 bypass” meaning that we trailered to Browns Farm parking lot and […]

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