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9 here, with 'freezing fog'. My favorite! Y'all are invited to Baconfest 2010 (New Year's Day, 2 - 6 pm, or when the bacon runs out). If anyone is out driving around on New Year's Day. I find most people who come over that day are coming from a radius of a mile or less.

Quote: Originally Posted by tedsmini (original) Well, the Siberian Express is due in later tonight. Can you see Russia from your place? Today's forecast: A chance of snow showers before 11am, then a chance for flurries before ending. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 19. Wind chill values as low as -5. Blustery, with a northwest wind between 16 and 21 mph, with gusts as high as 43 mph Kim, you might have to...

Quote: Originally Posted by DUCTTAPE (original) Ross, I am trying to find the downside in what you are describing. Gorgeous scenery, living close to the land and having visitors only when they fly in to see you. Where do I sign up? Well, there is a downside, if you're looking for something bucolic. These are nearly-permanent hard-luck places. Reconciling traditional ways and the modern economy make it difficult to continue living close...

Well, the Siberian Express is due in later tonight. They're talking 40 mph wind gusts and up to about a foot of snow. So far, it's cold, but relatively tame. Bailed (Bakered?) on an afternoon gathering with friends over in Fredonia b/c of the forecast--hated to do it but sometimes it's better safe than sorry. And the way people drive these days... I think Jill would prefer the vacuum to the Wii, but she did prove her prowess at...

I recently subscribed to a mag called Overland Journal. There are a few issues on line and one from summer 2008 I think it is has an article about James Bay Road. http://www.overlandjournal.com/downl...008_summer.pdf I haven't read it yet as it's summer oriented but there isn't a lot of James Bay write up in the world. d

Kim , I didn't know you had friends in Freedonia... Hail, Hail, Freedonia! by Roland Watson That Groucho Marx was anarchic in the comedy domain is in no doubt, but whether he was in the political domain is another matter. The FBI tried to get him on being a Communist and it would seem that his leanings were definitely towards the left. But one of the Marx Brothers' films "Duck Soup" leaves us in no doubt about the...

Plowed for about 30 hours $$$$$ We have around 20 inches of the S#@% barf...

Ok, you had me at "Duck Soup"! Of course Groucho had a left-leaning political preference, but it was his little-known brother Karl who carried the political banner. You know, Duck Soup was a gem! I think it really pulled-together the essence of the Marx Brothers' creativity and genius into one hell of a film. Credit goes to Paramount Studios for giving free reign of the creative control to the writers and actors. I...

Found conditions as good as the ice dragon last night for a couple of hours of fun. 24+ inches of light fluffy snow, and huge drifts above the car door handles this morning. What sort of underground facilities are there by the St Lawrence ?

Quote: Originally Posted by MinorRoadsKill (original) A flight from Wabush to Kuujjuaq would be nifty, but pretty expensive. I would think somewhere in the area of $2500 each way for a twin otter (10 passenger). That cost wouldn't surprise me since the (infrequently) scheduled flights are something like CDN$1,250 per person RT. Some of you may remember that on the original trip to Happy Valley / Goose Bay we had people in Lab City...