Back to the Mountains

I am back. It always feels good to get back in the mountains. It has been a hard week for me with the loss of my father and I thank all of you who sent sympathy my way it was appreciated.

The snow did not cooperate while I was gone. Lee had several more inches of snow, two power outages, a phone outage and an internet outage. Lets face it she was out of everything last week. Fortunately, everything came back together this morning just before I got home.

The roads are still very tricky where it is not plowed and I don't suggest driving on most of them. However, it does look like warm weather for the next ten days so maybe by the weekend things will be different.

Now, I must get back into gear again and start working. Mountain girl, Paula, logging out.

March Road Conditions

We have had mixed weather conditions. Last week lots of sun and temps in the 50's and then it rained for days with highs in the 40's. The creeks are all full with lots of white water. Great for rafting. Starting tomorrow (Tuesday) the highs will be back in the 50's for most of the week. Yeah!!!

Most of the snow has melted. The road from Leetonia to Cedar Run is drivable without chains or 4 wheel drive. A couple spots have packed snow but there are tire ruts that go down to the dirt. One of those spots is at the curve by the waterfall at Red Rock. Watch out for the mud in spots. Be careful on the road between the bridge at Mine Hole and the Bobcat camp. As you head toward Mine Hole the road breaks away on the right.

The unploughed roads in the state forest are down to the dirt in spots. There is still packed snow in parts but I think most of it will be gone by the weekend. I haven't traveled on any of them but I could see some of the roads when I drove by while on Leetonia Road. There are vehicle tracks on them so they might be drivable.

The pictures are Pine Creek at Blackwell. It is so serene and quiet right now. Not a soul was around.

Our DSL is down so we have dial-up temporarily which is so slow and unpredictable. (UGH!) I've got dumped several times. I can't believe I'm going to get this to post. It goes to show how spoiled we get when technology improves. When dial-up first came out every one was so amazed. Now it seems like the dark ages.

Paula is in San Diego remodeling her son's bathroom. She might be back on the 24th but she says it doesn't look to promising. Hopefully she'll be back by the end of March. The boys and I are hanging in there. They will be happy when the sun comes out again so we can go for a walk.

We are looking forward to seeing everyone that comes up in the Spring. We hope you all had a good winter. I know everyone is looking forward to nice weather.

Leetonia Lee signing off.

Galeton Renovation?

For those of you who haven't been to Galeton for a while you won't recognize it. They decided to do a city renovation project. Which means they took out most of the old building along Hwy 6, widened the road and added a few street lights.

My personal feeling is one of loss for the old structures and a sort of death of the look of Galeton. Now the road way is bare except for a few surviving structures and the town has effectively been moved to the other side of the creek. Without business or a source of livelihood for Galeton I wonder what the next ten years will bring?

Mountain Girl, Paula, logging off!

Weather whiplash

Well we have gone from record high temperatures and thunderstorms with lightening to this in two days!

The creek at Cedar Run went up to 8' which must be some kind of record. The creeks made so much noise it kept waking me up. You think a truck is driving down the mountain.

Yesterday we got 4-6" of snow and the snowmobilers are running today. Now the wind has picked up and the temps are dropping fast. This is the kind of weather you just want to hug the fireplace.

Hope you all stay warm inside today and Spring returns quickly. Mountain girl, Paula, logging out.