For the past five years it seems that we have gotten a snow storm on the first week of December and this year is no different. Some years we had enough to ride the Thunder Bolt but this year we have the right amount to cross country ski anywhere you want. The night time skiing is what makes the long winter nights go by alot less painfully. Those long nights really get to me. So for this winter when the skiing or snowshoeing isn't enough to wear me out, I have decided to biuld myself a wood strip canoe in all my down time. With those long nights upon us I have already been hard at work on skiing and the canoe. If you find yourself getting a little stir crazy at night go for a ski, a hike, or build a boat. It works for me. The first picture is of the "Wild Bunch" out for a night ski and the other is of the steam bent stem pieces of my canoe.