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Travis

serious question,...why?

I'm honestly curious.

What is it about winter that appeals to you winter people?

It's all relative. When I was pounding nails and feeding cows I hated winter. Now that I'm not, it's my favorite season. No bugs, no bears and no tourists. My idea of paradise would be someplace with 12 months of Fall.

We got sick and tired of winter in Wyoming. As soon as we were done working, we hooked on to the trailer and headed for Arizona. We come down here about mid October and stay until about the third week in April. Still have a month of winter when we get back, but not quite as cold.

Many, many people cant wait for winter. They love skiing, snowshoeing, riding their snow machines, ice fishing, etc etc. Nothing at all wrong with that, glad they are having a good time, just not my cup of tea.

The weather is way more stable in terms of damage and with that, you can watch television without being constantly told of impending doom in either the immediate or more distant future.

Bugs are gone.

It is much easier to dress to stay warm in the cold than it is to stay cool in the heat.

Hunting season.

Blowing snow is required less often and is more fun than mowing gress.

There is less outdoor maintenance in general that one is expected to do during the winter.

There is something theraputic about curling up with a good blanket and/or a fire than there is about doing same in your underwear with a fan and air conditioner.

You are expected to travel less to places and events that you don't want to go to due to road conditions.

Just some of the things that I appreciate about winter.

I HATE Summer like most folks hate Winter...Fall and Winter can't get here soon enough.

I don't like the heat, matter of fact I hate the heat. If it never got above 60 degrees, that would be okay with me.

I also enjoy what others call "dreary" weather. Cloudy, rainy, foggy,..I prefer that over the Baking Summer sun...

Just the way I'm wired.

It's 15 deg. F right now with a little light snow on top of the 6 or so inches we got overnight. I shoveled the driveway this morning. Folks are out ice fishing; there's a few snowmobiles out and about and I might get to go snow tubing later this afternoon. I guess if you're born & raised in a snow belt you either get used to it or you move south at an early age. One nice thing about having a long cold winter is that it will REALLY make you appreciate the spring when it finally arrives. Helps make summer a lot sweeter also.

Bahahahahahahaa!

That is pretty damn funny coming from the ol' indoor gal.

When I was young, the cold and winter was an adventure. In middle age it was just something to deal with. Now that I'm approaching retirement, it's a PITA. Perpetual Fall would work for me though.

Keeps the summer people down to a minimum.

What makes summer so great?

Extremes.... either extremely hot or extremely cold, ain't for me but if I had my druthers, I'd druther be extremely cold. Temps over 100 with 90% humidity is Georgia August weather. Not good for man or beast.

Bristoe, in the grand scheme of things, you ain't in a bad place to be.

I would love to find a home on a lake maybe 150 miles north of my current latitude

Of course I went to the LSU baseball game Friday night and it was down in the 30's and saw women "almost" dressed this skimpy.

Touche'

We don't see much of that around here though.

B, ya got low-T, I'm tellin ya.

Why else would you be constantly whinin about bein locked indoors with that gorgeous gal?

Maybe he just got through..

I live at 7600ft+. It's winter here from Oct. thru April at least.You just do it and don't do any activity that means digging holes in the ground. Plowing or blowing snow consumes a lot of idle time even in this drought. Then yesterday, I spent 1/2 the day spreading manure.
You think 35 yrs old + 20 years is bad,t ry 35 + 35.

Windchill below 0,overcast. My son,my BIL and I spent 3 hours on the range shooting away with my 22-250,my BIL's Highway Patrolman and my Delta Elite. We had NOBOBY around to bother us!!! Oh, and I am 63 and I STILL enjoy the winter fun stuff

it's a tradeoff for me Bristoe, it's -8 here this morning as I went out to feed the chickens and haul in more firewood.


like akpls, winter is harder for me these days than it used to be.


even here it's getting harder to find true solitude. other than some pockets in the lower 48 it seems dang near impossible, the only true place of freedom left imo, when you're on your own.

if I had a 2-3000 acre ranch in America I could probably make do.


but it's a trade off for me, I love the wild game and wild fish here, I love that it's dang near impossible to find a barbed wire fence outside of the few settled places.

I love reading the tracks in the snow and trying to piece together what the critters were doing.


but I'm no longer in love with -35 and colder.


but it's a compromise.


I'm 55 and getting ready to make some major life changes, I'm going deeper to live in the country and away from more people.

I genuinely like folks, but I don't think it's very healthy to be crowded together, and there's just too many people in the lower 48, too many in Fairbanks to suit me any more.

I want to go deeper and enjoy the solitude and freedom that's left to me.