The Ground Is White!

The snow has fallen...and I believe it is here to stay...for now. Temps look to stay in below the freezing mark for the better part of the upcoming week. Good news for getting the ground frozen I suppose. At our place we have roughly three inches of snow...other places in the Northern Michigan area have received enough snow for the snowmobile trail groomers to be out panning and grooming! Crazy. In my neck of the woods though...I highly doubt much action has been seen on the trails. There are probably a few die hards that are out riding...but I imagine they are using the "beater sleds".

I do plan to get my sled out and cleaned up tonight. We have enough snow on the ground around the house that I should be able to play around a little bit...being careful not to dig down to grass I suppose. ;) I am amped for the upcoming season...from everything I have read and seen it should be a decent winter for some snow. I will keep my fingers crossed! I need to get a new pair of gloves for riding...but that should put me in pretty good shape for hitting the trails! I am trying to put a trip to the U.P. together for riding their trails...but it is pretty early to start putting details together. Hopefully as January rolls around we will have more information about where we want to ride and stay.

The homeowner in me has been keeping my blog writing to a minimum...I continue to get ready for winter...and of course the holidays. I cannot be the new kid on the block and have no Christmas decorations up! So I am working on a modest but pretty light display. Nothing hillbilly...just really nice. Now that we have snow I have been scavenging the country side for a concrete safe liquid ice melt. So far all I have found is available online...none of the major name stores around here sell anything like it. I am skeptical to order something like that online...fearing that it might be a "snake oil" purchase. We shall see what I can find locally...online will be my last resort!

Enough for now...I have some obligations that I must attend to this evening!

The snow is here though...so keep checking back as my updates should become much more frequent!

Goodnight from Northern Michigan,

Derek