This Deer Season

The significant snow storm a couple of weeks ago really screwed up this deer season. Joe couldn't get out to his deer blind on the opening day, not right in his book, even though I cooked his favorite breaded pork "tonkatsu" the night before to celebrate the season. But first, he had to work on his little snowmobile to get it running. His new plan was to take his snowmobile on the deep snow covered road, pulling a sled with his hunting gears.

His plan worked, though so far with no luck. Besides it got warm enough to rain last Sunday, when Joe and Mark almost got stuck in the softening snow and ended up not hunting at all. Next day, my day off, I accompanied Joe to Uncle James's deer blind in the morning where we knew we wouldn't get stuck. Except, rain changed into snow while we were out there, and we didn't see any deer. Oh well. On this sunny Thanksgiving Day Joe is getting ready to go out to his hunting spot this afternoon, while I'm working till late. Double oh well.
We wish you a happy yummy Turkey Day!

Guess What? It's Still Snowing!

Yesterday afternoon we braved the snowy roads, trying to get to Joe's deer hunting spot. We soon realized it was far worse than expected. It took us twice as much time traveling on relatively major roads, which meant secondary roads were impassable, unless you're on a sled! Snowshoeing was out of question, since we had 4-5 more miles of the road to go yet. Joe is a bit doubtful if he can get into his spot by the end of this week for the opening day. He is depressed about that. He can only remember one other year in the past when the snow prevented them from hunting in the woods.
The wind was blowing hard, as well as snowing, all the while we were out and about. The big lake appeared almost white with so many big whitecaps. As we predicted, when we got home Joe had to blow as much snow as he did several hours ago. It was just crazy to think all this snow from one winter storm and wonder how much more snow before this is over. Nothing we could do about it, so we turned our snow day together into a gyoza pot sticker making day. We even made our own wrappers- Joe rolled the dough into circles, and I shaped them with fillings. The best batch ever!!

And this morning, the sun is coming out and the storm subsided. Even so, it's STILL snowing. These fluffy snow flakes dancing slowly down from the sky. A very magical picture. Once again Joe blew just as much snow, his third time in less than 24 hours. In the below picture is our neighbor's snow bank across from us. Just compare the size of the bank with his full size pickup truck, that is the black spots!

What Month Is This?

Good morning from this winter wonderland. It started snowing yesterday early afternoon and has not stopped yet. They are predicting snow all day for the rest of today, maybe till tomorrow late a.m. The crazy thing is to know this monstrous winter storm originated as a typhoon over Japan. What a surprise package to receive by Air! Now, this is a bit too much for this early in season. Before deer season. So glad it was my day off; Joe got a snow day.
Joe just finished his first round of snow blowing for today. He needs to go out to his deer blind in woods to bait this afternoon... more like to see if our vehicle can get in to the road, let alone to his blind. I'm going to tag along with snowshoes. We'll post some more crazy snow pictures soon.

White Halloween

Well, we actually had a WHITE Halloween this year. It was no surprise to see snow on Halloween up this north, but it was the first time Joe could remember that he had to shovel snow. Not until we cleared our driveway and sidewalk, could our trick-or-treaters walk up to our door for their candies! Surprisingly we had more trick-or-treaters this year even in this frigid cold.
Our Halloween dinner was not something I pre-planned or thought picture worthy... a teriyaki chicken dinner turned into egg omelet covered chicken fried rice. It was actually very tasty. Trust me. We both scarfed it down. Boo!