Greetings and welcome!
It looks like it is time to put a terrible winter season to rest and head over to my summer blogging home at Silvercliff.com/scindex .
I would like to thank everyone that visited the site this year. When it did snow we smashed previous hit count records by more than double.
I especially want to thank the people that generously hit the tip cup and donated to the cause. I couldn’t do this without your support. Some of you were very generous and that really helped in what was otherwise a terrible winter for snow, for work, and gas prices. It was great to have a flurry of donations come in right before the last snow, which financed the Florence ride. Thank you very much to all that sponsored and donated to the Big Snow Page.
This season was very unusual with the lack of snow, the lack of bitter cold, and the rude and abrupt ending. I was expecting a wild ride with a lot of snow and cold, but the La Nina and Arctic Oscillation had other ideas. The La Nina sent storms that dumped snow on the west coast and the Rockies, and left us with weak played out storms. The AO kept the really cold air up by the north pole, and the northern jet stream along with it. The end result was one of the worst seasons in my time, but at least you could find a ride to the north & west.
This March has been a very unusual one for me. Usually I starve in March and April, but this year I have so much work that I can’t keep up. Believe me, that is not a complaint..
Now the warm weather has Kosir’s opening the rafting season three weeks early, adding to the chaos. We start rafting this Saturday. I went down to the river today and it is cranking pretty good. Thankfully our watershed is from up by Crandon where they actually had a little snow this year.
At any rate, things are starting to change quickly and I am going to wrap it up here and start blogging on the Silvercliff site a couple of days a week. Thank you to everyone that visited this year, and a huge thank you goes out to the people that supported me financially. Thank you all very much.
Have a good summer and thank you for visiting!
RJB
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Megan
September 25, 2012 at 3:06 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Thanks for the update there. Just like you I move around too haha. I would love for y’all to come check out my site that I have ready for summer fun at http://www.powersportsdirectoryriders.com
Outdoor Sporting Blog
July 30, 2012 at 6:27 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Great Post!
Looks like we share a lot of interest in similar topics.
Check out our Outdoor Sporting Blog if you get a chance at…
http://blog.kjmotorsports.com/
Feel free to message me if you are interested in sharing articles or collaborating.
Keep up the good work!
click
June 2, 2012 at 11:40 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I tried looking at your site on my ipod touch and the format does not seem to be right. Might want to check it out on WAP as well as it seems most cellphone layouts are not really working with your web site.
Patti
March 20, 2012 at 10:15 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Ah heck, you didn’t have to change that! I was just giving you some sh!t, like I get when I make an error on one of our sites! Hey, we never said we were perfect, right!
Patti
March 20, 2012 at 9:07 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
hehe Ray
I think this nice weather has got you a little giddy…it’s March 20th today…or else I’m the one who’s goofy! Just kidding you a little! Thank You so much for all the hard work you do to promote sledding in the area! I especially appreciate the way you mention events and rides that are a little outside “your area” there in Silver Cliff! Shut the book on a lousy season and now our club moves on to ATV’s and UTV’s. No rest for the wicked, they say! Have a great summer!
Jim Larsen
March 20, 2012 at 6:49 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Thanks for the news Ray…see you next winter. Think snow!!!