Newcomb
My last ride of the season! (probably)
Had to grab it one more time before our grand mal meltdown rolls into town. Lake Durant toward Newcomb served me well last Friday. And I’m always one to keep going back to the well until it runs dry. Unloaded at Northville-Placid trailhead parking lot by 11am and headed out. The mile of S84 between […]
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 […]
Indian Lake to Newcomb (and other intel)
Haven’t had a home-cooked snowmobile ride in a few weeks. Figured it was high time to roll track in the motherland. My snowmobile was still on the ilsnow wagon after Monday’s ride. Decided to park-n-ride from the end of Pelon Road so I could roll it back onto the trailer after today’s ride for the […]
Lunch run to Newcomb on snowmobile
Wednesday night’s damage was limited to a half-inch or less of rain and temperatures hovering around 32-33*F. Not enough to kill the riding, but certainly enough to soften the snow and get the water flowing under the narrow woods trails again. Or in the case of Bear Trap Swamp, onto the trail, as seen above. […]
Sunday snowmobile stroll to Newcomb
My original plan for today was to meet Damion and Andy at One Stop and truck it to Horseshoe Lake for another St. Lawrence County play day. But, I had a rather difficult and disrupted sleep last night and felt like total garbage. By 5:30am, I texted Damion to tell them go on without me. […]
