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Here's the thing. We didn't send out tickets to our JPA members this year like we have in the past. With postage rates going up and because we realized that lots of people just aren't into selling or buying tickets in our contest, we decided to try just having those people who really want tickets contact us and then we'd send what they needed. It's working very well, I think. This way we aren't wasting a lot of tickets, and we may even find more are distributed and I'm betting we save on postage. Anyway, I'm really pleased at the way our members have been ordering tickets.
Of course, you don't need to be a member to buy or sell tickets. I'll send tickets to anyone who contacts me; and there are printable tickets right here on the web site. Those have been going very well, too, and it's only February. March is the big crush month and in the past we've run out of tickets and had to print more last minute. Always a good thing for us, but it's left some folks, especially locals who like to wait until they can get a real feel for how the pond melt is going more than a little frustrated. The last couple of weeks in March are usually pretty frantic for those of us distributing tickets. We don't want to leave anyone out, so we urge folks to get tickets early and then you can wait as long as you want to fill 'em in - just so you get them to us by April 1. The postmark is the rule we go by - if it's mailed April 1, you're in the game.
Next week is a big snowmobile weekend here. Actually, I've heard more than usual today. We can hear them and see them down on the pond and on the hills across from Rt. 15. We don't have any trails close to us on W. Shore Rd., but one does cross at about W. Shore Rd. and Barre Avenue, I think. Today is warmer, so that may be bringing more people out. Rain is forecast, but we'll believe it when it happens. It got into the 30's today, but I think it's falling again tonight.
Sometime last week I got an e-mail from Ted and Sonja Decker, with some great photos attached. They didn't say if they are in N. Dakota or if these photos were something they found on the internet, but here's what they did say:
Guess this tops West Shore Road!
Actually, it looks pretty much like Vermont except for that mega snow plow going through the mountain pass! Fred says he can identify with that second photo, though.
To take things up to another level, Homer Fitts sent some pictures of the ice in Antarctica. By the way, Homer also said his chemo is going well. That's good to hear. Homer doesn't get my e-mails now because he's got both my personal address and the web master address blocked. I like to think that's a mistake he just hasn't had time to correct, so perhaps someone who knows their messages are getting through to him will let him know that if he needs Ice-Out tickets I have plenty - and that we're thinking of him and wish him well.
Here are the ice pictures Homer forwarded to me. However, I don't want any of you folks who aren't familiar with Joe's Pond to think we have anything like this going on -- our ice is all flat out and only 3-4 ft. thick most years, and by sometime in late April or in May, it's gone and we have some great weather! Usually. Then in about six months we start the cycle again. Here are the Antarctica pictures:
Ice Formations The explanation with these photos is:
Icebergs in the Antarctic area sometimes have stripes, formed by
layers of snow that react to different conditions. Blue stripes are often created when a crevice in the ice sheet fills up with meltwater and freezes so quickly that no bub bles form. When an iceberg falls into the sea, a layer of salty seawater can freeze to the underside. If this is rich in algae, it can form a green stripe. Brown, black and yellow lines are caused by sediment, picked up when the ice sheet grinds downhill towards the sea.
There are more pictures of a science expedition and photos on this web site: click here
Had enough cold pictures? Me, too!
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