Axes & Irons

Ride to Speculator & Wells: Update 2/17/15

When I got up at 7:30am and saw -16*F and a cloudy sky, my heart sunk. But, the sun broke out for a bit and the temperature crossed zero by 10:00am ride time on its way to an eventual high of 15*F. Including myself, 8 hearty riders showed up at the Benton Road parking lot for […]

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Tuesday’s Ride to Speculator is still ON!

The Indian Lake Chamber of Commerce ride to Speculator scheduled for Tuesday, February 17th at 10:00am is still on! Ride time temperature should be about 5*F with an afternoon high temperature expected to be around 15*F accompanied by little wind. Meet us at the Benton Road parking lot at 10:00am between the ballfield and town garage. […]

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Evening out with D.R.A.G of Speculator

Mike Walenczyk of D.R.A.G of Speculator invited me to do a grooming run with him. Sunday, January 25th at 5PM was the date and time it went down! My last experience operating a “groomer” was dragging a box spring laden with a couple of cinder blocks behind my snowmobile to smooth out my local “switch […]

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Ride to Speculator/Wells: Update 2/11/15

Ahhh…the joys of mid-week riding! I knew it was going to be a good one today. Temperature started at -12*F this morning. I waited a bit until the temperature poked above zero, so I headed out around 9:30AM. The sun was out, I was warming up a bit and loving life. It was already a good […]

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ilsnow storm center 2/10/15

It’s been a while since I came out with a video. Lots of rumors about big snows the next 3-5 days, but the pattern looks much more impressive for the cold! But, the snows we do get will continue to add up. As always, you can keep with with my daily forecasts at ilsnow.com/weather. If […]

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