Haha ok GK. I just got back home kinda sorting stuff and getting things put away.
It's the weirdest thing, I'll be back up in the morning getting some stand seats. And I will be up there all winter.
But for some reason, it's always sad leaving after the last day of deer season. Like I'll be gone for another year or something. In reality, not a lot changes......other than having to ride the sled in and get around on snowshoes.
"Oh bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round.
It's 17 miles from my house to my camp. Easy peasy. Thats why I'm there a lot!
I have some traditional ash framed "pickerels" thay my cousin made in high school back in 79. I've logged a lot of miles on them. They are great in deep fluff and give good floatation. Downside is they are a long "trail shoe", and tough to use in thick woods.
In tight conditions, or for less or more dense snow, I use a pair of Yukon Charlie 9-30's. These are a modern synthetic shoe my wife bought me years ago. I use these a lot, even if I suffer a little in deep snow. Where I draw the line is if it's deep, light snow and I'm carrying a heavy pack. If my travel varies over shoeing and walking on a snowmobile trail, they are great. They are light and compact so I can take them off and hitch them to my pack. Then when I go back off trail, I can put them back on. They are also very durable if there is a crust or ice.
I'd like to have another pair just like them in a 10-36. That would be great.
"Oh bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round.
Amy and I went on a hike on our backyard mountain this morning. First we dropped off a car at our exit point, then drove back down to the trailhead where we began our hike. There was some snow on the ground and it got deeper during our 1500' elevation gain. We crossed various trails of the Sandia Mountain Ski Run seven or eight times and the snow was 12 - 15" deep on those trails. After three hours of moderately strenuous hiking we arrived at my truck at 9980' and returned home. It's snowing here now.
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We saw a lot of deer tracks, saw tasselear squirrels in the trees, saw a few bear tracks. On the way up we passed three very dark deer and one bobcat. The bobcats are generally nocturnal so that was pretty rare.
Those Bear tracks would have me looking over my shoulder
My son shot four Roe deer today and got paid for it his boss the owner of the estate wanted some damage control to stop the deer ruining a young plantation so him and my son plus a gamekeeper and the senior woodman had a deer drive, Elliot didn't let me down he shot well.
Whatever you do always give 100%........... unless you are donating blood.
Great pictures Walt!
Congratulations to you son GK! Sounds like he's got a freezer full!
Been absent a couple days. My mother in law fell this past summer and broke a hip. She got it replaced and has been doing well, but this week she fell again. She broke the other hip and a wrist. They fixed the hip today and are going to do the wrist tomorrow. Tough old broad.
We got a bunch of snow. I haven't been up to camp this week to see how much snow is up there. I'll try and get up next week.
"Oh bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round.
Twelve below this morning. Got a little snow yesterday. Bunch more coming tomorrow. Guess summer is over. I have to go see if I can still drive into camp with the truck. May head up this morning for a look around. It'll be crispy.
"Oh bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round.
That 12° below sounds like it's fairly routine in your area. Yep, I guess summer is over.
Temps like that are very unusual here. I remember in the early 70s we had a period of a week when it never got up to 0° and it was a catastrophe. People were moving into hotels, leaving their homes because they were entirely unprepared for that sort of cold. The entire city shut down; schools and offices were closed. I remember I had a girlfriend's car, a hotrod Mercury Cougar and the engine froze. Fortunately it only pushed out a couple of freeze plugs rather than cracking the block.
Jay, how's your mother-in-law doing? Hopefully all is moving along as expected and hoped.
Coldest i ended up seeing this morning was 18 below. It was colder here than in Jackman or Rangeley. That's odd. By the time I headed to camp it got up to 2 above. Much better haha!
I could still drive in so that was good. There was less snow than I'd thought there'd be up there. Maybe 8 or 10 inches. More coming tomorrow though. I cleaned the shed roofs off after I got a fire going. The batteries were froze in the radio, so I had to wait a while before I had some music.
I went out in the shed and pulled the airbox off the kids 4 wheeler. Last time I was up it didn't want to idle. I suspected a plugged idle circuit. I got it started and let it warm up while I warmed up a can of carb cleaner so it would spray. Gave it a few squirts down it's throat and it seemed to take care of the problem.
I figured I'd run it around the trails for a while and have a look around. It was a cool ride. I also did some hiking around. It was a little warmer.....but not much!
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"Oh bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round.
Although no solid statistics for this seem to be available, probably between a third and half of the houses in New Mexico have flat roofs. The upside of this is that in this dry climate, flat roofs are low maintenance, cool in the summer and warm in the winter. The downside is that when it does rain, they frequently leak and the resulting interior damage can be very costly to repair.
The tradional roofing material is 90 weight tarpaper topped with gravel but roofs covered with a rubber membrane (TPO) are becoming more common. I don't believe that in the time I've lived in NM (since 1959) I have ever lived in a house with a pitched roof.
BTW, only a tiny percentage of houses in NM have basements.
Good roofs here are 12-12 pitch. That's a 45 degree angle. Not only so the snow slides off, but because it will hold more weight if it doesn't.
Many people who have shingled roofs put ice and water shield along the eaves. It's an eighth inch rubber that is 2 or 3 feet wide and has adhesive on the back to stick down. Then you shingle over it. It keeps the roof from leaking if it ices up. I covered my entire roof with it. It also allows me to keep my roofs much longer without leaking.
Steel roofs work great cause the snow slides off, but that isn't always a good thing. In my case, one whole side of my roof is over the driveway. If the snow slides off it hits the driveway and packs itself like cement if it's wet. It can also cave in decks, ruin shrubbery, or any number of other things.
Welcome to Maine!
"Oh bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round.
A lot of the old old houses here have slate roofs too! Maine is full of slate and has many quarries. There is one not far from camp. A slate roof can still be had if you have the funds. It ain't cheap!
P.S.
An interesting fact is that the slate for JFKs grave came from Monson, Maine.
"Oh bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round.
