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Megunticook’s High-Octane Magic
It’s become a chiche: Bill and I approach each other, totally juiced on 10 minutes of iceboating. Our hands extended, eyes rolling: “This is as good as it gets ! ” And today, we were utterly truthful. Ice so smooth. … Continue reading
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The Morning After
I hear the snowplow’s rumble in the muffled grayish dawn and inside it brings an echo, a mix of sigh and yawn in an hour I hear its earthquake still nestled in, just so but as I lurch to vault … Continue reading
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Iceboating prospects for Darmiscotta.
Monday and possibly tuesday look good for iceboating….we launched on Sunday from the beach at Darmiscotta Farm. This is to the west of our old boat launch. Access was a little constrained, but should be better monday….trailers were hand rolled … Continue reading
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The Blizzard Deadline
The jungle telegraph was lazily tapping out messages: Bill Buchholz had forsaken iceboating in the high-pressure’s frustrating windlessness and taken up skating with visiting family. Bob Lombardo was, as usual, extolling his recent skates, this time in the Ellsworth area. … Continue reading
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the ice grading wars
Some say four and some say seven a perfect hell or almost heaven we duke it out our fists are raised we’re quick to damn and slow to praise but i’ve never glimpsed the grading book if you can sail … Continue reading
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