Today’s Wallpaper Wednesday post is all about me dreaming of winter’s past when we had bitterly cold temperatures and lots of consistent snow. One of my annual traditions is riding the ice road from Bayfield, WI to Madeline Island. In cold winters past, I have been able to explore the frozen sea caves around the island and the legal to ride in caves off the Bayfield coast.
This winter the ice road was only open for about a week, and I missed it. Last winter it didn’t open at all. I’m hoping Mother Nature and Climate Change will throw us another bone with a crazy cold winter with lots of snow next year.
Here in Northern Wisconsin, we have had some snow to groom this winter, but very little. I’ve been able to ride frozen lakes and explore flowage islands and shorelines, but I do miss a traditional winter when we have had 50 to 70 miles of groomed single track for some years.
I’m still clinging to hope we will get some more snow here in Seeley or that the Marquette, MI area will get another lake effect dump for a few more winter adventures on groomed trails. I’m also thinking about beach riding and heading down to the desert southwest to git sum sand.
The gravel in my area remains really soft, so a fat bike is about as fast as a skinnier tired bike. Riding those rolling roads is still fun, but I miss the flocked forest.
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