snowfarmer

Thanks for that. No joke.
17 Million Americans filed for unemployment benefits in the past 4 weeks.
1.3 Million American families can't visit their elderly in nursing homes (if there are families who care), other than the lucky few who can blow kisses from the parking lots. 
28,000+ American families unable to go to their loved one's funerals. 
Unknown millions who've never been to a restaurant or flown on a plane (or sledded Quebec?) ever in their lives. Plus the more fortunate who have enjoyed "the finer things in life", all locked down with their out of work, angry, depressed, dangerous (abusive?)...
Super-important to have faith! In any form that works for folks!
 
(Sorry for the American-centric stats, no offense intended to our brothers & sisters across the border and across the pond)

I’m been trying to be optimistic but I’m been thinking about the economy and physical health of people of both countries and I don’t worry has much about the R word anymore as I do as the D word - Depression. I’m not talking watching news for sensationalism either. It’s just common sense. A lot of people are out of work .
It’s going to take testing , and tracing and self distancing and a vaccine to get this all under control and we don’t know how long this is going to take but it needs to be done!
The scary reality is none of us has ever lived through a time like this . We have never seen unemployment like this! We’ve never seen across the board businesses shut downs like this . Unfortunately our countries though both have manufacturing are big service related industry countries. We like our standard of living and in order to do that we have all become use to buying foreign made products. It’s going to take a while to get our economy up and going again (I really hope not) but people are going to be scared for a while to walk back in to restaurants, stores and such. Fly on an plane! (95% of all flights are grounded , unheard of) . I’m glad to see what the governments have done has far as aid ( loans , deferrals , grants , one time payments)is concerned . Still bills have to be paid ( I still had to pay my hydro and propane bill yesterday they didn’t stop coming) mortgages , car payments . We know people are going to be slow to pay in our business because the industry that pays them to pay us is shut down. I was hoping for that V recovery. Now they are talking a U shaped recovery .I just hope that all of us and our families are safe and sound and can come out of this in the best shape that we can.
 

I’m been trying to be optimistic but I’m been thinking about the economy and physical health of people of both countries and I don’t worry has much about the R word anymore as I do as the D word - Depression. I’m not talking watching news for sensationalism either. It’s just common sense. A lot of people are out of work .
It’s going to take testing , and tracing and self distancing and a vaccine to get this all under control and we don’t know how long this is going to take but it needs to be done!
The scary reality is none of us has ever lived through a time like this . We have never seen unemployment like this! We’ve never seen across the board businesses shut downs like this . Unfortunately our countries though both have manufacturing are big service related industry countries. We like our standard of living and in order to do that we have all become use to buying foreign made products. It’s going to take a while to get our economy up and going again (I really hope not) but people are going to be scared for a while to walk back in to restaurants, stores and such. Fly on an plane! (95% of all flights are grounded , unheard of) . I’m glad to see what the governments have done has far as aid ( loans , deferrals , grants , one time payments)is concerned . Still bills have to be paid ( I still had to pay my hydro and propane bill yesterday they didn’t stop coming) mortgages , car payments . We know people are going to be slow to pay in our business because the industry that pays them to pay us is shut down. I was hoping for that V recovery. Now they are talking a U shaped recovery .I just hope that all of us and our families are safe and sound and can come out of this in the best shape that we can.
 

I’m been trying to be optimistic but I’m been thinking about the economy and physical health of people of both countries and I don’t worry has much about the R word anymore as I do as the D word - Depression. I’m not talking watching news for sensationalism either. It’s just common sense. A lot of people are out of work .
It’s going to take testing , and tracing and self distancing and a vaccine to get this all under control and we don’t know how long this is going to take but it needs to be done!
The scary reality is none of us has ever lived through a time like this . We have never seen unemployment like this! We’ve never seen across the board businesses shut downs like this . Unfortunately our countries though both have manufacturing are big service related industry countries. We like our standard of living and in order to do that we have all become use to buying foreign made products. It’s going to take a while to get our economy up and going again (I really hope not) but people are going to be scared for a while to walk back in to restaurants, stores and such. Fly on an plane! (95% of all flights are grounded , unheard of) . I’m glad to see what the governments have done has far as aid ( loans , deferrals , grants , one time payments)is concerned . Still bills have to be paid ( I still had to pay my hydro and propane bill yesterday they didn’t stop coming) mortgages , car payments . We know people are going to be slow to pay in our business because the industry that pays them to pay us is shut down. I was hoping for that V recovery. Now they are talking a U shaped recovery .I just hope that all of us and our families are safe and sound and can come out of this in the best shape that we can.
 

I’m been trying to be optimistic but I’m been thinking about the economy and physical health of people of both countries and I don’t worry has much about the R word anymore as I do as the D word - Depression. I’m not talking watching news for sensationalism either. It’s just common sense. A lot of people are out of work .
It’s going to take testing , and tracing and self distancing and a vaccine to get this all under control and we don’t know how long this is going to take but it needs to be done!
The scary reality is none of us has ever lived through a time like this . We have never seen unemployment like this! We’ve never seen across the board businesses shut downs like this . Unfortunately our countries though both have manufacturing are big service related industry countries. We like our standard of living and in order to do that we have all become use to buying foreign made products. It’s going to take a while to get our economy up and going again (I really hope not) but people are going to be scared for a while to walk back in to restaurants, stores and such. Fly on an plane! (95% of all flights are grounded , unheard of) . I’m glad to see what the governments have done has far as aid ( loans , deferrals , grants , one time payments)is concerned . Still bills have to be paid ( I still had to pay my hydro and propane bill yesterday they didn’t stop coming) mortgages , car payments . We know people are going to be slow to pay in our business because the industry that pays them to pay us is shut down. I was hoping for that V recovery. Now they are talking a U shaped recovery .I just hope that all of us and our families are safe and sound and can come out of this in the best shape that we can.
 

Thanks guys.  Since there isn't much else to do right now I will continue to share.  Maybe we can get @scorpionbowl to share his recent sunrise pic?
Here's one of Island Pond, VT from early March as a snow shower moved through.

Like Groomer, I've been taking pics when the conditions are good.
 

 

The weather was not to bad this weekend so I decided it was time to start thinking spring and open up the storage barn and get some things out. 

in the last 2-3 weeks , i looked at tons of pic files and deleted tons....
maybe around 3 000 pics !!!
 
jean-guy

Passing the time. Counting all the planes landing at La Guardia airport. 0. 

The weather was not to bad this weekend so I decided it was time to start thinking spring and open up the storage barn and get some things out. 

The one on the left is a ‘89 z21 . Original gel , put a create 502 /carb and freshen up the interior . All work done about 10 years ago.
The one on the right is a 76 20 foot cigarette. Bought it pieces in 2009 . Left it with a guy for a 3 year pay as you go put it back together project. Finished in ‘13 . It’s got a stroked 540 . It’s been dynoed 678 hp and 650 lb/tq.  

The one on the left is a ‘89 z21 . Original gel , put a create 502 /carb and freshen up the interior . All work done about 10 years ago.
The one on the right is a 76 20 foot cigarette. Bought it pieces in 2009 . Left it with a guy for a 3 year pay as you go put it back together project. Finished in ‘13 . It’s got a stroked 540 . It’s been dynoed 678 hp and 650 lb/tq.  

The one on the left is a ‘89 z21 . Original gel , put a create 502 /carb and freshen up the interior . All work done about 10 years ago.
The one on the right is a 76 20 foot cigarette. Bought it pieces in 2009 . Left it with a guy for a 3 year pay as you go put it back together project. Finished in ‘13 . It’s got a stroked 540 . It’s been dynoed 678 hp and 650 lb/tq.  

That bronco is the one thing that can turn a crappie day into a tolerable day just to get out for a drive even if it’s only 30 minutes at the end of the day. I’ve had it for 7 years now and it never gets old to drive. It’s a ‘76 and the boat on the far right is also a ‘76. They look good hitched together.

The weather was not to bad this weekend so I decided it was time to start thinking spring and open up the storage barn and get some things out. 

The one on the left is a ‘89 z21 . Original gel , put a create 502 /carb and freshen up the interior . All work done about 10 years ago.
The one on the right is a 76 20 foot cigarette. Bought it pieces in 2009 . Left it with a guy for a 3 year pay as you go put it back together project. Finished in ‘13 . It’s got a stroked 540 . It’s been dynoed 678 hp and 650 lb/tq.  

The weather was not to bad this weekend so I decided it was time to start thinking spring and open up the storage barn and get some things out. 

The weather was not to bad this weekend so I decided it was time to start thinking spring and open up the storage barn and get some things out. 

The weather was not to bad this weekend so I decided it was time to start thinking spring and open up the storage barn and get some things out. 

The weather was not to bad this weekend so I decided it was time to start thinking spring and open up the storage barn and get some things out. 

The weather was not to bad this weekend so I decided it was time to start thinking spring and open up the storage barn and get some things out. 

The weather was not to bad this weekend so I decided it was time to start thinking spring and open up the storage barn and get some things out. 

YES! 
Speaking of working together!... 
We better get busy RIGHT NOW to be set up right for 2021!... 
Everyone here needs to join the NYS Troopers then we fire up a reciprocal cross-border koom-bye-ya program with the Sûreté du Québec!
https://www.troopers.ny.gov/Specialized_Services/Snowmobile_Patrols/
Looks like they got Doos & Yammis!