Blue Mountain Lake
Drop a dime on a snowmobiling SICK DAY!
All work and no play makes Darrin a dull boy. After multiple tours of snow removal duty Sunday night and Monday from the foot-plus snowstorm, I was more than ready to enjoy the bounty! Had it in mind to make a Newcomb run. That’s a really nice ride when trails are good. Unloaded my snowmobile […]
Sunshine ride! Lake Durant toward Newcomb
I almost kept this ride “off-book” as Sgt. Voight says on Chicago P.D. In the end, I felt compelled to share with the ilsnow nation, because it was such a wonderful afternoon! After morning fog and drizzle lifted and sun broke through, I couldn’t stay inside and let the afternoon go without spinning track. Especially […]
Drop the mike! I may be done.
The winter that took forever to get here is taking forever to leave! But it will leave, as it does each year, unfortunately. Wednesday night’s fresh covering of snow came with strong wind that knocked out power, phone and internet to much of Indian Lake, NY into Thursday morning. Once life got back to normal, […]
Take my kid to work day
After Thursday’s epic day of discovery, I wanted to get back out to my “office”. Friday had started mild with temperatures cracking 40*F in the afternoon. I hadn’t ridden with Darrin Jr all winter, so I figured there was no better time than now. I didn’t unload my sled from the ilsnow command center after […]
Around the horn!
After Tuesday’s mega-miler, I didn’t get back at it Wednesday until 10am. I’m human, after all, and needed a bit of time to recover. Today’s direction was easy: NORTH! I had only ran to Blue Mountain Lake and Newcomb once this winter and was eager to try it again now that we’ve got real snow. […]
