It's pretty incredible what a difference 24 hours can make. You think by now we would be used to the roller coaster weather changes here in NL but most of us still find it pretty crazy going from bare ground one day to 20+cm snow the next! It's been a full winter season of copy, paste repeat with these weather changes.

Just yesterday Dad and I enjoyed an ice fishing adventure on a barely frozen pond with pretty well no snow. Now just 24 hours later the ponds are no better (probably more dangerous given the weight of snow on thin ice) but we have about 20cm of fresh powder on the ground.

So far this winter I have postponed taking Project 6x6 out for a snow rip waiting subsequent snowstorms to create respectable winter trail conditions. More over, snow deep enough to cover rough trail obstacles, this makes for a more enjoyable ride and less risk of damage to my low slung Argo. Of course this was not the case this year as we had snowfalls followed by torrential rains.

This afternoon with office work complete, driveway cleared, and sun shining I gassed up the Argo and hit the trails in Torbay. I wanted to enjoy at least one decent snow run for this tangly winter season.

Trail conditions were decent, it's certainly no trouble getting around by ATV on good tires but there was enough snow today to keep my tracks happy.

I enjoyed a simple uncomplicated ride around the airport fence hitting up a few side trails here and there including the path over to Indian Meal Line.

Most large water holes were still frozen, but the bogs were not. After crossing I could see water weeping up into tracks left by the Argo clearly showing there was no frost in the ground.

It wasn't a long ride but was certainly enjoyable. Once again I made the most of another short weather window to squeeze in some of the winter activities I look forward to every year!

Cheers, MIKE

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