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Could be something like the gauge of metal used and not evident from a picture... you never know.

Sorry to hear that... I would have thought that there would be lots of snow there similar to Newfoundland. A friend of mine went back home to the rock when he retired and they get lots of snow. I recall him sending me a picture of his dad climbing out a bedroom window since they couldn't get out the front door for all the snow. But then I saw Halifax on the news yesterday and not a flake of snow to be seen.

It could be there is only so much band width available and that can't be upgraded. By having limited coverage on the grounds that is a way of imposing a degree of control over the amount of use. People will go to the main building for access if they really need it. Friends of ours own a campground near Waubaushene. Even there they can only get so much band width in from the road on the cable and according to the service provider they have the maximum that will be available for the foreseeable future, The problem is that they get groups of kids going online to play video games, people streaming movies, some people conducting business from their campsite and much more. This eats up the band width quickly. On some occasions they have had credit card processing for customers paying time out and fail since the system was too busy with a dozen kids playing video games. I was downloading printer drivers for them and based on the bytes per second it showed download time as about 2 hours. The PC was hard wired. We shut down the wireless and heard a bunch of upset kids but the download time was now under 2 minutes,

Something like traveling around Lake Muskoka by boat a few years ago.... The cell phone had one bar, two bars, one bar, two bars. Suddenly it went to a solid fiver bars and stayed there. We figured we must be getting close to Ted Rogers cottage.

He's a newbie to sledding but will soon be a veteran

So how is that couch for sleeping on

They are illegal under the MSVA

I can understand a two night minimum during peak times where for example they would lose a weekend reservation for Friday and Saturday because their rooms were already reserved with Saturday night only. Mid week or when they are far from being fully occupied on that particular day a prudent business operator would bend the rule. Friday or Saturday afternoon you arrive and I have rooms available, I doubt I'm going to get swamped suddenly for two night stays. I'll take your money for the one night. Better than the room staying empty and no money

Welcome to the forum... lots of people here that are in your area or not far from there. I tend to ride the area bounded approximately by Horseshoe Valley, Elmvale, Wasaga Beach, Midland, Parry Sound, Gravenhurst and Orillia and use Port Severn as my starting point.

Welcome to the forum. I'm sure you can find people here to ride with. I echo your sentiment about riding solo. If I do go out solo it's on our local club trails, middle of the day and not too far off the beaten path. I also leave my route with someone at home and tell them when I expect to be back. Fortunately the trails in our area all seem to have cell phone coverage so I make sure it's fully charged when I set out. The best part about riding with someone else is if you do get stuck you have someone to laugh at you for a while and then when that is over reluctantly help you out. Then they get to tell the story of you getting stuck to all of your friends.

Wow... what a great situation. 300 km of one continuous smooth trail. Bodes well for the future. It will be great for the towns and businesses along the rail line.

and my boat comes out of storage tomorrow and will be in the water a week from now. What a contrast. Is your water still hard?

Mid June you may be able to see the rest of the lawn

short lived thaw will only help maintain the base.... then some more snow and you should be good until Dec 2015 for good sledding... just think of the money you will save at the garden centre that can go for sled gas

It seems you have lost some snow... I can see the cab of your truck

rumour has it there may be yet more snow on the way for you....

At this rate you may see green grass by mid June. At the other end of the spectrum I was in Wasaga Beach today and you may as well say the snow is gone. I saw a bunch of trail stakes running through a bare field on Klondike Park Rd and a couple of people fishing one of the open water patches on the river. If it were up to me I would rather have your weather still.

The snowmobile season that just won't quit... Enjoy... Too bad we have to go through spring. It would be great if we could go sledding up until April 30 and then drop the boat in the water May 1. It's that in between that is the killer.

Rub it in... I'm envious... I could use a couple more weeks of riding.

how come you get all the luck?

he has indicated elsewhere that it is currently down and being addressed

email transfer from your bank account works... that's what I did

sorry to dissapoint but I will be winning the sled, you can have either the ATV or the vest Wild Bill sold the 3 winning tickets last year so you need to buy from him if you plan to win.... bottom line though.... support a great cause and get a ticket any way that you can

I thought I was getting a black cap but got a red one... looks great. I think the gods were in touch with my wife. She really likes red and seems to have laid claim to it. Now I may have to get another for myself and the touques looked better than I thought so I may need one of them as well.

will see you Saturday morning bright and early