Winter is here. Yesterday was the first snowy day since last winter. In fact it snowed a good part of the day and into the evening. We only got a few inches so not a big deal except for everyone having to re learn how to drive on it. Temperatures have turned a little cooler too with lows around 20 degrees and highs in the 30s.

This morning dawned pretty as a postcard without a cloud in the sky.

This week is given to cleaning and repairing the equipment that makes my life as a guide possible. The Sequoia is being thoroughly cleaned inside and out after spending a month on dirt roads in the North Maine Woods. It will also be in the shop for a day for annual maintenance. The Lund Alaskan is getting its annual overhaul and tune up so that it will be ready to go as soon as the ice leaves the local ponds next spring.

I am just back from spending most of October at Libby Camps in the North Maine Woods always a great time of year where I enjoy great food and time in remote country. The grouse hunting is great fun but there is lots of other wildlife to see. Pictures here of a cow and calf moose and a very cooperative red fox.