Winter did get here. about a week ago. A few days of near zero weather. not too many though, and no snow to speak of. Less total snow for the season than we saw for January 2005. And that wasn't a very snowy month. It is 33 degrees F. here, at the moment. Parry Sound on the other hand has see more typical winter weather this February. Plenty of -15 or -20 degree C. temps. And steady light snow. The big sound has about 5 inches of good ice and a good snow cover in general, My sources tell me that it is ideal snowmobiling there. Very heavy winds here the weekend before last. lots of damage with 75+ mph gusts. not as bad in P.S. it was reassuring to see. There was a water level fluctuation of about 18 inches. Not enough to break up the ice too much. Wind driven ice is the worst.

The SCA executive had a teleconference last Saturday. The main purpose was for planning for 2006 and it was quite productive. Lots of things ready to come off the back burner.