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Grapefruit doohickey.

Yes, skating is done until/unless we get a warmup/melt/refreeze cycle. Two storms on horizon w/ 6-9 inches (15-22 cm) snow forecast out of each one. Gonna be hard to get good ice out of that mess. I used to cross country ski... until I tried downhill. Never looked back. Much better to let gravity do...

Brisk one this morning.
Canadian genes, activate.

http://www.spacekdet.com/photo/2_14_21/

There's just something about that adrenaline rush when your gliding weight starts a crack that zips like lightning from beneath your feet and propagates audibly across the lake. Here is an excellent example of this phenomenon from Lake Baikal: ***EDIT: Video removed because it was audio recorded fr...

That's true. Early April in US Midwest is not reknowned for sunny dry weather. I stayed flexible with my plans last time and it worked out so here's hoping the luck returns. Here is a nice tool that should be handy for planning: https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsearch/SEsearchmap.php?Ecl=20240408 If ...

I won't have as far to drive to see this one.

Flatulence?

Guy went thru the ice on next lake south of me.
This time, he was not as lucky as first guy on snowmobile I mentioned earlier.
Divers found body after looking for an hour or so.
Life jackets, people; they are named that for a reason.

Enquiring minds want to know:
"Pee-Kan"
-or-
"Puh-con"
?