Author Archives: jorysquibb

Bob Lombardo and his fellow skater Carl skated Pushaw Lake on Sunday and are there again today…Bob reports that the lake is fully frozen with 3” of slush ice giving a fairly good surface. Tonight’s deep freeze of single-digit temperatures … Continue reading →

hat’s off to the icehounds the ones who don’t sleep who find scraps of fun as the rest of us weep while mates snore like sawmills in the hour before dawn their ice-intuition is fully turned on they crawl to … Continue reading →

the monday after…..musing over morning toast and tea….i’m religious this morning….what an absolute honor to be doing this in my mid-70’s….i just can’t bow low enough in gratitude….we had all the four corner foundations of iceboating on this last “chercher … Continue reading →

Bill and I had equivocated over Denis Guertin’s video of his spade bit swirling a full inch of slush before it labored thru 2″ of solid ice…..not reassuring!…..this was countered however by an ice-hound’s imperative….we absolutely must stand on frozen … Continue reading →

I love these cold november mornings……20 degrees at 7 AM…..The jungle telegraph has been tapping: Jory to Bill: “check the swamp! I’m trapped in Thanksgiving”…. Bill to Jory: “0.382 inches. Will probably blow out”…. Jory to Paul, an avid skater: … Continue reading →