Snowmobile heaven

Over the last few days more than 8 inches of fresh, powdery snow has graced the cottage road. Snowmobiling on the lake has attracted lots of activity. Snow extremely deep in the bush, making the coming maple tree tapping very slow. Racoons have emerged from their winter slumber. Large carnivore tracks around the island probably are from one or more wolves; perhaps this is the reason for the black and white cat disappearing! Moose tracks along the cottage road defy description; the population seems to be very large. The public parking area at the top of mill hill has seen lots of traffic. It is a starting point for entering the monitored snowmobile trails. The lack of snow plowing to East Bay also has people leaving their vehicles.