Personally, I am ready for the smell of mud. We finally saw 30 degrees here yesterday, so I did chicken on the grill. While it was cooking, I started the JD tractor to let it run a while. Then I started the tiller....and lawn mower. I already knew the snowblower and lawn blower run well having had several sessions with each.
We were short on precip going into the winter and to date we are quite short of the annual amount of snow we generally get and much of what we have had for snow has been drier, lighter snow. Its tournament time here in Minnesota and that can mean ugly weather and blizzards. So far, we are not seeing too much of that. But for the record, I'd be fine with rain. The rivers and lakes need some water and rain would be the fastest way to get them some. The Mississippi River locally needs about 4 feet of water just to get to normal levels and flow rates. The lake I fish locally has been pulled down to winter level since December but when they begin to bring it back up, I am pretty sure it will take quite a while to get to normal summer pool.
Maybe my concerns are just my want for winter to go elsewhere. One thing is for certain though: I am ready for the smell of mud and the sound of water. Spring can't get here soon enough.
