Last week a group of us went to Millinocket where we rented snowmobiles from the New England Outdoor Center planning to ride through Baxter State Park and return. This trip was perfect with lots of snow in the park and excellent riding conditions. 
As the Executive Director for the Maine Professional Guides Association I spend my winters going to meetings of one sort or another. This Friday I will be at the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine’s annual Sportsmen’s Congress on two different panels one on deer and one on fishing. I have attended most of the Congresses over the years and always learn something new or useful. This year we have been asked to produce a list of three wishes and three roadblocks.
After travelling over the holidays I have come to appreciate that the trips Maine Outdoors offers are not only needed but a rare opportunity in today’s world. Over the last two weeks Argy and I along with our youngest son visited family in Ohio and New Jersey. It was an eye opening experience. First waking up on Christmas morning in a hotel was not as bad as I anticipated and the visitors experience is all about the folks that you meet. More on that later.
