Oh, those halcyon days of summer!

T-shirts, shorts, Tevas... Remember them?

Remember when?
Photo by Carey Kish

Ha! Gotcha!

The deep freeze of January is on here in Maine. From 1 degree in Portland to a balmy -16F up in Caribou. Ouch. And how about that -77F (with wind chill factored in) on Mount Washington. Brutal.

How long are we going to be locked down by the cold? Hard tellin'.

This is a crazy winter. Just like last year.

Global warming, you say? Yeah, right.

I just returned from California where temps hit a chilly 17F (unheard of and mondo cold for southern Californians) and it snowed 4 inches in the desert. Half the citrus crop killed just north in the San Joaquin Valley. Who would've guessed?

Anyway, at least our ski areas can make some snow and that ain't a bad thing. They need it. We downhill skiers need it.

But snowshoers and snowmobilers and cross-country skiers need it, too. So a little (or a lot) of that natural stuff sure would be a bonus.

Whaddaya say Ma Nature? If we've got to suffer with the cold can we at least get some real snow to go along with it? Please?!