Lol, nope…I’m still very much liking my doo, especially being a 4 stroke.  adding a few new things this year to it as well. I am hopeful that Cat sticks around, but we’ll see what the future holds. 

Well I went for my ride out of MF today. Wow! What a re-education (re D9 trails). I have nothing new to offer, except more confirmation of what has already been said. As PLC and Blackstar indicated, and the MF Drifters advised, The Spot's lot across the sideroad from restaurant is not closed to sledders. They would just like sledders using it, to either be restaurant patrons or register their rig and make a 'parking lot maintenance' contribution. So I started my day by complying and dropping $10 in the jar. Well worth it, if you ask me. I parked there because I wanted to ride stuff south of Varney and Durham, both on the way out and back. Sorry that I am so late in reporting, but I got home just before 6 and Friday is my night to either cook supper or take the bride out. So here I am late to the keyboard. I see that the trails that I was going to report as being in the worst condition, B111 northeast and southwest of MF, are now closed. Today was good for me, a glass half full kind of guy who has ridden lots of baseball to softball sized bare washed rock as well as 10 km of mud , all on a long Northern Ontario loop in March where turning around was not an option (prior to ITG). Even the trails that are now closed, I would give a D grade, not an F. Other sections of trail today would get an A (no A+s) and everywhere in between. I was amazed what a great job some groomer operators did with 5-6 inches of settled snow. I could see where I was being saved by the cold whether, from the mud and water reported early in the week. Lots of brown frozen spots on the trails. As Scotty mentioned, the heavy trail traffic has taken snow down to snirt, and snirt down to dirt. I rode 170 km today in 4.9 hours of running time, from MF northeast on B111, to 619 north into Markdale, to B110 to past Mt. Pleasant and then back down, east and south of Durham toward Ayton, south on R500 to Harriston and B111 back to MF. Trails were better, with what seemed like more snow around Harriston, but maybe they just hadn't had the traffic yet that the other areas on my ride had. Saw everything from fruit to nuts, only averaging 35 KPH, being very careful not to injure myself or the sled, and I still call it a good day. I wanted to check out the sled and my ski set-up, and was curious about how I would hold up. Mission accomplished, but I am sooo glad that neither of my buddies joined me. To Spidi, there is absolutely no reason for you to try to fit a ride in this weekend. Even with some new snow, trails won't hold up to the weekend sled volume. Enjoy the hockey because as you have said, your boy won't play it forever and if he does he won't need you (except as a sponsor) after he gets his driver's licence. My grandson has 2 OMHA U15 games this weekend. Now I can attend both days knowing that I am not missing any great sledding. As I was closing out my ride, I couldn't help but think that there is a very decent base established in D9, which didn't happen last year, and we have another week of cold coming. I am still optimistic that we'll get some snow before the inevitable meltdown. Rum glass is more than half full.

Maitland and Palmerston just closed all their trails as well.

Snow depths in that area were spotty today  

Plenty of snow up Barrie way, just completed a nice ride there. Groomer shed in Barrie to Midland and loops in between , snow not an issue …moguls on the other hand lol. Get out early , got bumpy after lunch.