Snowmobile

Here are the latest conditions on the trails thanks to John Williams from Williams Broadcasting.

Here are the latest conditions on the trails thanks to John Williams from Williams Broadcasting.

Here are the latest conditions on the trails thanks to John Williams from Williams Broadcasting.

UPDATE-11:35 am. Two missing teens have been found safely just outside of Andover. According to a story on WMTW, Ty Howard-Gotto, 15, and his friend Jonah May, also 15, of Rhode Island, were located just after 10 am on Feb. 17. The WMTW story  said he boys spent the night in a small shelter, and they survived the night in good shape.

Here are the latest conditions on the trails thanks to John Williams from Williams Broadcasting.

Here are the latest conditions on the trails thanks to John Williams from Williams Broadcasting.

Here are the latest conditions on the trails thanks to John Williams from Williams Broadcasting.

Here are the latest conditions on the trails thanks to John Williams from Williams Broadcasting.

Here are the latest conditions on the trails thanks to John Williams from Williams Broadcasting.

I love looking at old snowmobiles. I've traveled to Millinocket to visit the museum before. That's a long ride to see old sleds. Thankfully, it's just a hop, skip and a jump to China to see them tomorrow (Sunday). For me, it's barely a hop!

I laughed out loud when I read a headline on the KJ's website this morning: "Franklin, Somerset County Snowmobile Trails Not Ready Yet." Really? The photo accompanying the headline was of brown grass with a few patches of snow. Are there people out there who are that stupid that would think, "there's a little snow...why not use the trails?"

Wow...it was an interesting ride on the snowmobile trails in Jackman, ME Friday (April 18) for Janice and Bob Powell from New Hampshire. Watch this video and see what happens!

Maine wardens have found two  snowmobiles in Rangeley Lake in the search for three Maine men who are presumed to have accidentally driven their snowmobiles into the lake nearly two months ago.

My heart goes out to those who are spending weekends having to trailer more than a hundred miles north to jump on the sled and go for a ride. And even more to those who don't have the time or money and sit at home on a sunny winter weekend looking at your snowmobile sitting outside in the dirt or on the grass. This isn't winter.

If you have snowmobiles and they are registered in Maine, New Hampshire or Vermont you can go exploring this weekend, January 25 to 28, 2013!  ‘Reciprocal Snowmobile Weekend’ is on now until Sunday and allows all legally registered Maine snowmobiles to be operated in New Hampshire and Vermont without being registered in those states.

Sometimes when I look outside on a cold winter day like today, when the temperature is hovering somewhere around 2 or 3 degrees above zero, I miss being out in the middle of the northern Maine woods, bundled up and cruising along the countryside enjoying the beauty of nature. Seeing nature from the inside, rather than observing from the perimeter, is something I really enjoyed about being on a sle