winter's boating replacement
The sun is now shining. There is more than 30 centimeters of fresh snow on
the ground. Air temp. is only minus 4. Time to go and fire up my
snowmobile!!!Jim C. |
Jim
Dec 11
2005
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| Pansy! ;-) |
Don
Dec 12
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| That's a warm day around these parts. If the cold is not for you - then you're right. It's just not in the cards. Rob |
trainfan1
Dec 12
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| Exactly. :>) |
Shortwave
Dec 11
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| We had a family one. But being California, was not required to have to use
it. Had to either haul it to the snow, or Clear Lake where my father
retired to, had snow every couple of years. |
Bill
Dec 11
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| ===== Never understood the appeal either. At least skiing is quiet and you
get some excercise. Sitting under the palm trees certainly has its attractions. Went for
a spin on the river yesterday in a SeaRay 260 Sundancer that we are
thinking about buying. Comments anyone on the SeaRay? Problem areas, etc.? Mrs B likes it because it has an enlosed head and a fairly soft ride. |
Wayne.B
Dec 11
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| Tried skiing once in High School. A friend of mine thought the |
Shortwave
Dec 12
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| ==== She likes that about as much as you like skiing... |
Wayne.B
Dec 11
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| AND you don't know what you are missing - you would love snowmobiling...
if you love the allure of going fast, and that wonderful weightless
feeling as you launch out of the hole & through drifts & over moguls,
engine screaming, then smacking back into the pack with a huge plume of
frozen water spraying over the cowl and jetting out from under the
tunnel, powering through & making that first cutting through wide open
virgin powder... Rob |
trainfan1
Dec 11
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| Or sinking your brand new Yamaha snowmobile in a mushy part of a lake
pass and freezing your ass off on a 13º F day trying to get it out and
getting soaked in the process. No thanks - never again. |
Shortwave
Dec 12
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| No offense, but anyone who actually uses a snowmobile is insane. Later, Tom |
Shortwave
Dec 11
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| Seriously. :>) |
Shortwave
Dec 11
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| Our sister province, New Brunswick, does pretty well attracting people
who drive miles to snowmobile.
http://www.therapeuticriding.ca/nbadv/snowmob.html |
Don
Dec 11
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| Here we are - still on the lake! http://www.frappr.com/recsportsnowmobile/photo/459019 Rob |
trainfan1
Dec 11
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| We got the same wet heavy snow Friday night, but now we're getting heavy
rains washing it away. What a mess. |
Don
Dec 11
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| Are you discussing Harry's posts, or the weather? --
Skipper |
Skipper
Dec 11
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