Speculator Tree Farm
Sunday stroll
2/27/23 Update Town of Indian Lake is busy putting Humpty Dumpty together again. Victory Lap, S86/Main drag, C8 toward Moose River Plains and S84 toward Blue Mountain Lake and Newcomb, all being groomed. Even C8/Sabael trail was groomed. But that still looked mighty rough peering southward from Pashley Road toward the direction of Furnell’s field. […]
Sunday vulture ride into Speculator
When riding Sundays, I’m picking at the scraps left behind by the weekend warriors on their way out of town. Saturday was a lazy day for me. And truth be told, I felt tired, worn out and didn’t feel like going snowmobile riding. But I needed to get outside to shake off the doldrums. Heading […]
More snow
Sunday night’s event deposited 3-6 inches of snow on the central Adirondacks and 6-9 inches along the Route 8 corridor in the Speculator region. After settling, snowpack ranges from several inches in thin/exposed areas to a general 6-12 inches in the shady woods. “Snow bowls” in the back side of Perkins Clearing and the high […]
Perkins Clearing into Speculator ride
UPDATE: C4 by Oak Mountain has become CLOSED due to LARGE MUDHOLES. Beware of that if you’re contemplating riding into Speculator Village from Perkins Clearing. I pointed the ilsnow mobile command unit to Mason Lake parking lot and hit Perkins Clearing on Tuesday. There were a couple inches of fresh snow that took a few […]
One… More… Time! To Speculator and Wells.
3/14/22 Update Winter in the morning, spring by afternoon, bordering die-hard by evening. That was a mid-March Monday for ya! Did Indian Lake to Perkins Clearing, Speculator and Tree Farm. Won’t get into the blow-by-blow, but I can tell you this is probably my last run from the compound. Indian Lake main arteries were approaching […]
