snowmobiling on the wisconsin river!

a new city, a new body of water. strapped the auger, flasher and poles onto the sled and in no time we were mobile on the ice on our way to exploring this particular flowage. in the recent weeks, i've started to find myself frequenting the stevens point area more and more... and never having fish this stretch of the wisconsin before, it was nice to get a proper tour of the backwaters from someone who knows it like the back of their hand.

icefishing in central wisconsin.

these lakeside sunsets and amazing central wisconsin views are half the reason i brave the cold to icefish and spend time on the hard water. and living up to its reputation, it's been an insanely brutal winter with recent windchills reaching the depths of neptune here... so it's only natural that a heated shanty is sensibly the only other reason icefishing hasn't been too much of a drag! haha. well, that, and the fact that i enjoy taking the sled out exploring the river when fishing gets a little slow.

imagine... pants parties with M & N, eazy e in the tape deck, and jim beam to keep warm with :) oh, and i can't forget about the random games of scrabble to pass by the time too! nothing sums up this winter more accurately. <3

taking the edge off snow days..!

it's no secret i start get excited about the arrival of old man winter once thanksgiving begins to approach; to me, that means the season for snowboarding is right around the corner, and we're lucky to have granite peak, one of the best destinations in the midwest for snowboarding and skiing, so conveniently located to us.

as a girl from northcentral wisconsin with an affinity for everything the great outdoors, i've come to make my peace and you can only imagine how much better our relationship has gotten!

"...au milieu de l'hiver, j'ai découvert en moi un invincible été." - albert camus
 (translation: in the depths of winter, i discovered there was in me an invincible summer!)

 i'm a firm believer in that "there's no such thing as bad weather, just different kinds of good weather!" and taking advantage of what's readily available is exactly how i've survived winters in typical wisconsin style! in an area whose culture celebrates the great outdoors, there's really no excuse to suffer from any degree of the winter blues! after all, the snow and sub-zero temperatures take up a sizeable chunk of the year and what better cabin fever cure than to shift mindsets and instead learn to dress for the cold and just enjoy getting out and under the sun!