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Anonymous
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Just itchin' to get back out on the water!!!
Ron on Meander
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So what part of our "spring" is much different from the current conditions. Its calm according to the marine report, the temp is pretty similar to some of our March temps and besides you have an enclosed cabin and heat. Don't let the month of the year stop you from going out for a day trip or an overnight. That's why we have C-Dory's. :wink: A trip over to Sydney Spit and a hike on the deserted trails, or maybe to Portland Island. Sounds like fun! Lets go. Oops wait a minute. I'm a 100k north and the other side of the strait. I guess you'll have to give George a call.
Cheers
Ron
Cheers
Ron
Wandering Sagebrush
Free Range Human
It could be spring, the rain here on the Oregon coast seemed a bit warmer today...
Well, the ice in the channel in back of the house and around my boat docks is 4-5 inches thick. Enough that hardy souls have been sitting out there ice fishing. That won't last as the temps are supposed to reach 50 by Friday. But my C-Dory is stored in a warm building for the winter so I won't be trying it out as an ice breaker. So to answer the question for this part of Ohio, no, it's not spring yet.
Pat Anderson
New member
Going to give the new Webasto a real test, heading for Sucia the weekend of January 15 - 17 (have the 17th off), if the winds cooperate. Give me a cold sunny winter day over a drizzly cold spring day any time!
Ron on Meander
New member
So Pat, where do you find those cold sunny winter days in the PNW? I sure don't find many of them up here! Maybe that imaginary line at the border is magic as well and creates more of those cold sunny days. :wink
Buy yourself a motorcycle and try commuting and riding year-round.
You will start to notice those dry winter days and any dry one hour window of time that passes.
Wake up each day wondering how the riding will be. Worked for me 14 years ago and still works today. With all the live radar websites at our disposal, its actually possible to avoid the rain entirely for short rides at least.
The nicest weather usually occurs while we are indoors... Because most folks are indoors too much.
I read once that fishing is like dating. It's tough to get lucky if your not on the water. I guess that would apply to boating and weather as well.
You will start to notice those dry winter days and any dry one hour window of time that passes.
Wake up each day wondering how the riding will be. Worked for me 14 years ago and still works today. With all the live radar websites at our disposal, its actually possible to avoid the rain entirely for short rides at least.
The nicest weather usually occurs while we are indoors... Because most folks are indoors too much.
I read once that fishing is like dating. It's tough to get lucky if your not on the water. I guess that would apply to boating and weather as well.
Anita Marie
New member
Spring weather indeed.
Here in Redding and on Shasta lake, on the days it doesn't rain and the sun's out during the winter, you can go out on the lake between 9:30 and 3:30, and usually are comfortable in a t-shirt and long pants, unless the winds up pretty good.
Makes for some nice afternoons fishing. :wink Sometimes I just go out and sleep sitting up in the cabin in the sun. :smiled
Joe. :teeth :thup
Makes for some nice afternoons fishing. :wink Sometimes I just go out and sleep sitting up in the cabin in the sun. :smiled
Joe. :teeth :thup
Jack in Alaska
New member
No it is not spring yet, at least up here it is not.
But........did you hear the big SWISH on Dec.22????
The big swish is the sound all of the salmon make turning around on winter solstice and head back to Alaska. I will be waiting for them in the spring with my bag of tricks.
But........did you hear the big SWISH on Dec.22????
The big swish is the sound all of the salmon make turning around on winter solstice and head back to Alaska. I will be waiting for them in the spring with my bag of tricks.
Pat Anderson
New member
Well, we found several sunny winter days in February 2004, when we took our First Birthday Cruise on Daydream the CD22...
localboy":kaxki2ra said:
Pat's right. I never realized a phenomenon that occurs up here in Seattle nearly every year until my old boss, who happened to be from Germany, pointed out that every late January, early February, we have a week to 10 days of sunny 50-60 degree weather. People start thinking spring is here and then of course, the rains come back for another two months or so. Every year thereafter, when I took the time to notice, I realized that he was right.
Sooo... Mark, when we get that nice little "false spring" in late Jan/early Feb, remember that I mentioned it here. I'm certainly waiting for it. In fact, we too have some pics from February 2006 where we were enjoying our first winter with C-Dancer.
Padilla Bay - Feb 2006
Sooo... Mark, when we get that nice little "false spring" in late Jan/early Feb, remember that I mentioned it here. I'm certainly waiting for it. In fact, we too have some pics from February 2006 where we were enjoying our first winter with C-Dancer.
Padilla Bay - Feb 2006