not trying to be rude, just making an observation: i never thought of it before but now i see you guys down south have no idea of life up north. if you did you'd be thankful for your weather. you guys have to put on a liner. bahhhh, that's nothing. i really can't ride from nov to april. oct and april are still so cold that riding isn't enjoyable. sept and may are just ok. june is somewhat good. july and august are the only two months we can truly enjoy riding.

all winter i think about the little things. like riding through the kingston peninsula, stopping at the gas station, sitting in the sun enjoying a cola with my riding buddy, adrian. when we are sitting there i always say that we'd better enjoy it because winter's right around the corner.

tomorrow i am going to repair the chute on my snowblower and finish the driveway. i will think of that kingston gas station and how good those cokes are there. just a few months away.

 

I here ya. Gander, Newfoundland, Canada is no better. Thank God for snowblowers. Spring is coming, soon hopefully.

 

You don't sound rude but in my case just wrong. I moved to So. Ca. from Minneapolis. Before that, I lived in Syracuse.

Mpls, Minn is the coldest big city in the U.S. Syracuse gets more snow than any other city in the U.S.

I actually miss the cold and snow sometimes. I miss skating on the lakes, sledding down the hills and cross country skiing. I make myself feel better by going for a ride.

 

gander! i think you guys out there get winter worse than us in nb. one of my good friends is from there, mark mullett.

mpls and syracuse - you know winter!!! upstate ny gets pounded!

 

Our winters are slightly worse than yours but not a big difference, only longer

I think I would know Mark If I saw him. Does he have an older brother Doug?

My "storm" and I were on Magnetic Hill for the Eagles in Aug. Camped on the big field with a s..tload of other people. Great Fun.

 

just asked mark, yes, he has a brother doug. mark's now asking me who you are!

eagles - I live right on front mountain rd. the concert site and i are on the very same street, we're neighbors. i listened to the eagles from my deck. over the years we've had the rolling stones, tim & faith, allan jackson, brooks & dung, sam roberts, maroon five, etc... rumour has it that we're getting ac/dc and u2 on two separate weekends this year.

 

I've heard the AC/DC rumor, but not U2. Both would be good shows to see. My name is Rod McDonald. I think I'm a couple years older than Mark. I'm pretty sure I know him, the memory is the first to go they say.

 

i really don't need two concerts! one per year is enough!

 

Never enough! If its a good group that is.

 

for a resident one concert is enough!

that snow storm blasted moncton. 2hrs, 40min to clean driveway and then had to clean again the next night.

 

We've been getting pounded up here in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

I just lost a longtime friend and backcountry ski partner in an avalanche on Saturday. I had just spoken with him at a restaurant on Friday evening! Now he's f@#ing gone!

I don't know what he was thinking. We'd gotten 6-8 feet of snow in the high country in the last 3 weeks, on top of a rain crust that everyone knew was there, and that the new snow was poorly bonded to. We ski'd a safe north facing line in the powder that morning, noticing how quickly the snow was heating up. He was in a steep south-facing chute at about noon, by himself. Not that a partner could have saved him.

Yeah, now I remember that divorce makes you do stupid stuff.

RIP Christopher. I'm going to miss you.