Good Grief

Winter was made for young folks, thats for sure. I never minded winter at all when I was a kid.
 
Cache Lake Country is a great book. Anything by Sigurd Olson is perfect for winter reading. His writings have had a greater influence on me more than any other writer.

You just have to force yourself outside for a winter hike now and then. It sounds stupid and crazy to be outside when you have a perfectly warm and comfortable house, but just getting out there once in a while will change your whole outlook on Winter.
 
Thats one problem. I can't walk out in the snow. I can walk fair on dry ground but the broken foot has not healed enough to take a chance slipping or sliding. Best I can do is walkmaround in the Mall for now.
 
Do you have a bird feeder? If not, maybe a feeder and binoculars could help get you through until Spring. An indoor outdoor hobby.
 
Umm....a salt lick in the backyard and a compound bow ?

outdoor hockey - granted, not great for the aches and pains.

make a snowcave with the missus...(women ALWAYS love candles, no matter what),
Like hockey though, that could also be tough with a busted hoof

Always remember this important piece of winter survival wisdom:
'It ain't a snowbank - it's the beer fridge'

Oh, and don't pee in the beer fridge...people tend to get testy about that...


If all else fails, mix up a frosty pitcher of margs and watch those endless caribbean fishing shows on Saturday afternoons....
 
Learn to like the winter. I do. It's almost my favourite season. :) Nowhere on this earth is it so cold that you can't have fun outdoors if you want to do it. Finland isn't getting much cold right now, which is rather boring, but then, last winter was pretty cold.
 
I think I'll pass the time by wallowing in freakish misery from the flu. I've been sick for almost two weeks now; made even more fun by full time school and full time work. You haven't lived til you've woke up sick as a dog at 7:00 am, dug your car out of a snow bank in -15 weather, taken tests in Soc and Psych, then trudge off to work a nine hour day. Then repeat for two weeks.:grumpy:

Oh well- at least I should be able to appreciate being healthy (if that ever happens). I swear, first time it hits 30 degrees I'm wearing shorts to class.:D
 
udtjim said:
Man it seem a long time ago that it was camping season.
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Every season is camping season !!

I grew up with tons of snow, then spent most of my 20's and early 30's working outside in the snow, all over Northern Ontario, Labrador, the Canadian Arctic and Greenland. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't miss the snow when I am here in Peru, we really don't get any where I am located, if you want to see snow you have to go above 5000m elevation. Back home in Canada after Christmas I was loving it; snowshoeing and skiing. 2007 was the first year in maybe 20 years I didn't have my snowshoes on, sacrilege in my books....
 
I have missed the flu so far but there is still plenty of time for that.:mad: The wife had it and even missed a day of work which for her is unheard of. She finally did go to the doctor though.:thumbup: The bird feeder might help.

I quess we need to practice urban winter survival.:barf: When I was a kid we would go out and dig snow tunnels and sled off the barn roof. OH those were the days.

Rob, Hope you beat the flu soon.
 
Just keep telling yourself "only a couple more months". It doesn't really work, but...
I change my desktop WAY more often in the colder months, to stuff like this:


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Winter is my favorite season, for all I care it could stay that way. Mice hybernate, no biting insects, no violent dangerous storms, no forest fires, or scorching heat and humidity. I enjoy a cross country ski in the afternoon the long evenings of winter, and watching a good blizzard.

I get a chuckle from all those who whine about winter. Most of those folks are unprepared by having not enough wood, drive around in bald tires, and let fasions dictate what they wear instead of properly dressing for the conditions outside.
 
After many years of living in North and South Dakota, I can assure you that lack of readiness is not a problem. I also do enjoy the absence of those damn bugs and ticks. However most of what I enjoy is spring and fall stuff and I guess sixty some winters have taken their toll on me. We are sure in Jeep wagoneer weather up here.:D. I have an old 78 model that I have rebuilt over the years. We are supposed to get down to -27 tonight. -33 is the coldest so far this winter here although -40 has been common a few miles north of us. You just don't do much in that weather, especially if you add ND winds of 20-60 MPH. Two night ago we had 25 below with gusts of 66 MPH. Kinda hard to like that.:thumbdn:
 
XMP,

Where is the book Cache Lake Country set? My family owns cabins on Cache Lake in Algonquin Park (Ontario CA), been going there my whole life... There are so many lakes up that way and many have the same name, but I am curious...

BTW, I am an XMP too (of the troops, and for the troops!)
 
mneedham said:
XMP,

Where is the book Cache Lake Country set? My family owns cabins on Cache Lake in Algonquin Park (Ontario CA), been going there my whole life... There are so many lakes up that way and many have the same name, but I am curious...

BTW, I am an XMP too (of the troops, and for the troops!)
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Always wanted to go to Algonquin park when i lived in Ont.
Two years in Ont but i never got around to visiting it.
I was nuts about a girl i knew from a tiny community up near Algonquin. Every-time someone mentions that park i think of her.
She was a card, the "big city" traffic in Peterborough (hehe) used to freak her out!Lol.
 
Sounds like good camping weather to me. the -45degrees is just a bit extreme, but this year my cold skin has really toughened. I work outside everyday, all day...I have found that when it is 32 degrees or within 10degrees of that, I am colder than when it is 10 degrees or less, (32 degrees-= more wet than cold= COLD)...I have worked a couple of days with low wind chills..not as low as you mind you, but well below zero..and I am OK..I finally have my dress together, and my newest discovery is my St, Fields -50 wool socks. The best item of clothing I have bought in all my life.
Seriously though...-40 is damn cold...hope you have some good books to curl up with...and hot cocoa. Gene:D
 
Hi, I am getting ready to go count the elk in Ky. on ATV's... Two or three days on the trails...Great fun.............Will be on the high spots at sunrise looking down....carl
 
tholiver,

Algonquin Park is a pretty special place, go there if you ever get the chance!
 
mneedham said:
XMP,

Where is the book Cache Lake Country set? My family owns cabins on Cache Lake in Algonquin Park (Ontario CA), been going there my whole life... There are so many lakes up that way and many have the same name, but I am curious...

BTW, I am an XMP too (of the troops, and for the troops!)
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Greetings to a fellow XMP:). The book is a little obscure about the exact location of Cache Lake (maybe intentionally). The only hint is that it is at 47degrees latitude. If you haven't read the book, its a great book, and you'd probably be able to tell if its your Cache Lake. If you do let me know; you'll help satisfy my curiosity. BTW there is a map, but of a very small area in the front of the book, that might help.
 
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