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To Bike, or…
What the heck? I did put my snowshoes away. I got my bike out. In fact, I got it out five times already. On my last ride, it was 83 degrees. I was so hot my face didn’t cool down … Continue reading
Better Late Than Never
I just got back from my second (!!?) snowshoe hike of the winter. It’s over 60 degrees out. I never got my snowshoes down from their summer home upstairs in the barn until this week. This time of year is … Continue reading
Got Ice?
Last Tuesday, we packed up the the dog, the sled, and the auger and went to Messalonskee Pond to check the ice. For February, there isn’t much: just over 12”. We drilled several test holes. (Well, the Other Guide … Continue reading
Sitting and Waiting
In my last episode, I wrote about bears sitting the woods. This time, I’m going to tell about just sitting in the woods. The Other Guide spends most of the fall hunting. This apparently involves mostly finding a good vantage … Continue reading
Taking some time for LL Bean
Thanks for checking out this blog. I will be taking some time off from posting while I help LLBean’s distribution department get through their upcoming “peak”. (Known by most civilians as The Holiday Season). They tell me they can’t do … Continue reading
Do Bears Sit in the Woods?
This week’s lesson is about bears: what to do, what not to do, and who cares if a bear sits in the woods – what? Oh, OK. The Other Guide says it’s not “sits”. Anyway, in Maine, we have black … Continue reading
Something’s Fishy Here
Fish names. They used to be way more interesting and mysterious to me when I was a kid. For instance, when I was about 4, my father took me fishing on the Sebasticook River behind my uncle’s place. This was … Continue reading