Snow!!!

Roughly 3 inches and still falling. I will keep my fingers crossed for a few feet by tomorrow. ;)

-Derek

November Is Over?

I cannot believe that tomorrow is the end of November. This month has absolutely flown by...as you probably have been able to tell by my lack of posts. I have been busy getting ready for Thanksgiving, Christmas and winter overall.

We spent Thanksgiving with the wife's family...fun stuff. It was a very quick trip. Down the day before and back the night after. It was a long drive and a bit stressful...but we both made it through. Fortunately the weather held out for the trip...now it can let loose because we will probably not be going down there again for quite some time. I could deal with a few feet of snow to fall tomorrow. ;) I did pick up quite a nasty cold there...my ears and nose are killing me. I have had a headache for the last two days. Today was better...but I am still probably around 50%. Now that I think about it my stomach is actually hurting a bit...I hate it!

The Christmas decorations are going up...we had some lights put up by my parents while we were gone...and I finished up some today. We bought our tree today and will probably put it up in the next few days. We picked up a wreath too...that was my final decorating activity for the day.

My sled is ready....I will note it again that it is a 2009 Ski-Doo MXZ Renegade 600 E-Tec. The sled is for sale but only for the right offer and is not listed anywhere but here. I can send pictures and info if you are interested. I can deliver within the Emmet County area...otherwise you will be responsible for picking it up. Whether I sell it or not...I look forward to a good winter of riding. :)

It looks like we might be in store for a bit of snow for the beginning of this week...we should see temperatures in the mid to upper 30s for highs...and lows in the upper 20s bumping up to around 30. The best part? It supposed to be SNOW...not rain. I might be able to at least ride down our trail on the property for a quick few minutes. It might be wishful thinking...but it sure would be cool to get the sled back out!

Anyway I just wanted to let everyone know that I am still here...I will start posting a bit more once the riding takes place...certainly more pictures will go up.

Goodnight from Northern Michigan!

-Derek

Welcome To November...

I am proud to announce that all my outdoor work is done for the fall. I have no more leaves to pick up, no more wood to cut and no "stuff" laying around outside. I would say the only thing I have left is to move my weather station. I am going to mount it onto the garage...I believe the location that it currently resides results in poor wind readings. So my job for the day is to get that moved. I also heard rumblings that I might be working on a computer for somebody...but I have not heard anything yet.

So I am starting to run some snowmobile video ideas through my head...nothing real impressive yet. I know one of my goals is to do more than still shot YouTube videos. I want some action! Unfortunately, there really is not room for that around here. I am hoping that some of the logging they completed over the summer will leave me with a few nice trails and open areas to explore...without other people knowing about them. For once I would love to be the one to break some powder...I love trail riding but that just does not make for good video. :P Especially on a hybrid sled!

I am continuing my tradition of keeping the deer away from hunters...the apple tree dropped its fruit for the year and I placed it at the back of our yard. It should take the deer a few days to find it...and then hopefully will keep them happy until hunting season is over. I am curious about the baiting rules this year...I have not heard of any bans but I could be wrong. I suppose in my case I am not baiting but just disposing of yard waste. The deer are here anyway...I am not trying to get them to come here. :P A couple years ago we did the same thing...we have a LOT of pictures of them. One in particular has its tongue curled out...which reminds of the commercial on TV for those Fruit Rollup stickers or whatever they are called. The commercial with the deer and some other animal sticking their tongue out to lick the kids face. That is great! I would post a link to it but it appears that YouTube is having trouble.

I did just think of another thing I have to do before winter! I need to get the OutdoorsMI cam back up. I have a network card for the computer that will run it...and I believe the camera should work for the meantime. That will be my second or third project today. It is almost winter...time to stop being so darn lazy! :P

Enough for now...I will try to post something tonight if I get the cam up. :)

Derek