Weather: Below freezing and snow in the forecast.
Conditions: OK.
I do not like giving bad trail reports, and worse I hate when people sugar coat
conditions. So please don’t think that is what I am trying to do. I am telling you what
riders tell me. The problem comes in that people’s expectations are completely
different.
What I am hearing is the trails are not too bad, if fact some even say they are good.
Sleds are showing up at the bar and trailers are at the area motels. People I have talk
to said 1N to White Pine, 13S down to Marenesco, 3S to Watersmeet and 3N to Rockland are
all decent with some even saying good. Temps are below freezing with snow in the
forecast for the next ten days. We should continue to improve.
Last night I was asked to put a warning out about Lake Gogebic because of high winds and
rough ice. I believe the high winds with the warm temps knocked the snow down and when
temps fell the slush froze up. With the snow in the forecast the Lake should flatten
out. It is not my “get your asses up here” kind of conditions, but it sounds like
conditions are getting a lot better from what they were.
Besides the Little House on the Trail I have 2 other house for rent this year, Bert’s
Nest is right on the north shore of the Lake and Skip’s Place is 1 block north of
M-28 and M-64. I have a 3 day minimum on rentals. Click here to see Openings
NOAH TODAY
In the year
2016, the Lord came unto Noah,
who was now
living in America and said:
“Once again, the
earth has become wicked and over
-populated, and
I see the end of all flesh before me.”
“Build another
ark and save 2 of every living thing
along with a few
good humans.”
He gave Noah the
blueprints, saying:
“You have 6
months to build the ark before I will
start the
unending rain for 40 days and 40 nights.”
Six
months later, the Lord looked down and saw Noah
weeping in his
yard – but no ark.
“Noah!,” He
roared, “I’m about to start the rain!
Where is the
ark?”
“Forgive
me, Lord,” begged Noah, “but things have changed.”
“I needed a
building permit.”
“I’ve been
arguing with the boat inspector
about the need
for a sprinkler system.”
“My
neighbors claim that I’ve violated the
neighborhood
by-laws by building the ark in my
back yard and
exceeding the height limitations. We had to
go to the local
Planning Committee for a decision.”
“Then
the local Council and the electric company demanded a shed load of money for
the future costs of moving power lines and other overhead obstructions,
to clear
the passage for the ark’s move to the sea.
I told them
that the sea would be coming to us,
but they
would hear none of it.”
“Getting
the wood was another problem.
There’s
a ban on cutting local trees in order to save
the Greater
Spotted Barn Owl.”
“I tried to
convince the environmentalists that I
needed
the wood to save the owls – but no go!”
“When I
started gathering the animals
the
ASPCA took me to court.
confining wild animals against their will.
They
argued the accommodations were too restrictive
and it
was cruel and inhumane
to put so
many animals in a confined space.”
“Then the
Environmental Protection Agency
ruled
that I couldn’t build the ark until they’d conducted an environmental impact
study
on your proposed
flood.”
“I’m
still trying to resolve a complaint with
the
Human Rights Commission on
how many
minorities I’m supposed to
hire for my
building crew.”
“The Immigration
Dept. is checking the
visa
status of most of the people who want to work.”
“The trade
unions say I can’t use my sons. They
insist I have to
hire only Union workers with
ark-building
experience.”
“To
make matters worse, the IRS seized all my assets, claiming I’m trying to leave the
country illegally with endangered species.”
“So, forgive
me, Lord, but it would take at least
10 years for
me to finish this ark.”
“Suddenly the
skies cleared, the sun began to shine,
and a rainbow
stretched across the sky.”
Noah
looked up in wonder and asked,
“You mean you’re
not going to destroy the world?”
“No,” said the
Lord.
“The
Government beat me to it.”
