Spring Has Sprung...

This has been kind of an odd winter, with lots of snow storms followed by large temperature swings. The latest was the record breaking dump of snow noted in the previous post. That was followed by a week of twenty below, which broke the all time record low at the airport on two consecutive days, then a week of fifty to sixty above. 

Here's the driveway almost clear two weeks after the record snowfall and cold of early April; contrast this to the photo in the previous post (More Snow... 4/6/21).

The road at the dog trail crossing; compare it to the photo on the New Years Eve post. The neighbor borrowed a Bobcat and cleared off the hard pack, now it's great for driving, but not so much for dog sleds and snow machines.

The monthly summaries by the NWS showed above normal temps in December (+4.3°) and January (+6.4°), while February (-7.9°) and March (-5.5°) were below. Snowfall was the opposite, below average early on and above average in the latter months. Total snowfall for the winter, so far, has been 92 inches (that'd be 2.34 meters to the French).

More Snow...

The weather bureau's been predicting snow for the past couple of weeks, but it hasn't amounted to much until this past weekend. Most of the storms had skirted the area, we'd get maybe 2-3 inches, so barely enough to plow. But then the last one hit dead center and dumped over 16 inches of heavy wet snow. We're still not yet done shoveling!

Like my neighbor said, it's a good time to have a tractor.

With all the snow, the trails are pretty much snowed in, the Skidoo's in the garage awaiting a parts order, so the doggies just get to play in the yard. Good times in the dog yard!

Moose Redux...

 The dogs started barking last night, couldn't see anything, but figured the moose were back. This morning, they started barking again and when I looked out, saw this

This is the time of year when mama moose apparently ditches her calf, they're a year and half old now, and moves on with her life. The calf, hard to think of a baby that weighs several hundred pounds, seems lost, so we assume he's hanging around here since this is the last place he spent time with his mother. So I guess we'll just have to put up with him/her until it moves on with it's life. Thanks mom!

After a couple of hours, the moose wandered off, so we were able to get out on a dog run. Fortunately, didn't see any sign of the moose on the trail. Probably over at one of the neighbors place!