Childwold
March Madness! St. Lawrence Style
We’re on the back end of snowmobiling season. Been riding ALL WEEK to get it while we still GOT IT! Wednesday’s ride started at Horseshoe Lake after bucking my way through Route 421 in the truck. Bluebird sky and afternoon temperature in the 40s were ideal to enjoy early spring riding on deep snowpack built […]
Sun splashed St. Lawrence snowmobiling
SATURDAY UPDATE: Snow storm total: 8 inches at ilsnow storm center in Indian Lake, NY Depth at snow stake, Saturday AM: 26 inches February snowfall to date: 17.4 inches Seasonal snowfall to date: 98.2 inches GO GET IT! I was chomping at the bit for Thursday’s ride up north. Late winter snowmobiling under a blue […]
St. Lawrence snowmobile shuffle!
I haven’t been up north in a while, so trucking it to Horseshoe Lake got the call Tuesday. Watch out for a couple of doozie rollers with your truck and trailer on the upper part of Route 421! Managed to start riding by 10:30am. I was treated to a few inches of fresh pow-pow. Wasn’t […]
Snowmobiling into St. Lawrence County
Next to trucking it to Washington Street parking lot in Tupper Lake, this is my close second favorite road trip. The sorry excuse for a road to Horseshoe Lake, known as NY Route 421, keeps me from doing it more. Sometimes, I even truck it all the way to Seveys Point and launch from there […]
Hit ’em where they ain’t! Hiding out
Wee Willie Keeler carved out a Hall of Fame major league baseball career out of “hit ’em where they ain’t!” With a robust .341 lifetime batting average, two batting titles (including an astonishing .424 in 1897!) and 8 consecutive 200-hit seasons, the guy knew what he was talking about. After getting skunked for riding last […]
