Day 120 - with snow on the ground:

There's still too much snow to make it out in the woods on the Hawkeye. 18 +/- on the ground in most places where the sun doesn't hit directly. The dogs and I were finally able today to walk out as far as the snowmobile trail, only because we stayed on top of the crust most of the time.

The snowmobile trail was hard as rock, like it's paved. I probably could have kept my woods trail open as far as that all winter, but what good would it have done? Most of the snowmobilers nowadays are stuck-up snobs that are not willing to discuss ways to share even a few select trails with their recreational brothers. Way different attitude than when my dad, family, and friends built the first marked snowmobile trails in the state, right here in these woods.