What hobby do you do in the winter ?

[wanting rings]

The Polaris is ready to go. If I can't dirt fish, then it's time for the sleds/snowmobiles to play in the snow. In west Michigan we get snow, Lake effect, either enjoy it or grumble about it.

 

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[Frankn]

So as not all of us live somewhere that does not freeze in winter, I was wondering what hobby or hobbies everybody else engages in during the deep freeze ?

This winter my wife and I plan on doing something I loved as a kid in the 70's, and that's racing slot cars.
I have a bunch somewhere in my mothers basement, but until I can find them today we bought a kit that has 2 cars in it that you assemble. which is more satisfying than buying a pre-built car.

A new slot car business opened near our home recently, and seeing it triggered many fond memories of times past.
I had a paper route back then so I used my own money, seeing as allowance wasn't given, rather earned.
the kit was only 60 dollars, and in having your own cars the track fee is only 5 dollars per hour, so it will be a fun cheap hobby this winter.
this is the kit.
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So I'd like to hear what others enjoy during the freeze.

Mike

You have brought back memories of my past. Slotcars use to be a popular sport. I use to maintain the track equipment at one track. Fixed the 120vac to 12vdc converters and the timers. They had 3 ten lane tracks with scheduled races. I also use to build controllers for the racers. One favorite trick to get an edge was to remove about 2 wraps from each pole of the armature. It really increased the speed. Burnout specials. Maybe some of the good old days are returning. Frank

 

[DFX DAVE in M.D.]

I remember Slot Cars they sold them in Delaware in Mitchels Department store, what a variety they had from clothes to hobbies, such as slot cars, plastic car model kits, toy train sets and accesories, model rocket kits with the A,B,C and D engines to fly them. They had a slot car, I forget the name it was premium with 2 engines, G Force or something, I will google it later.

 

[justdon]

Thank god i can detect year round.Just gets a little cooler and nicer in the winter.Nice looking guns higgy looks like you do great work.

 

[khpony]

We (wife and I) do research on burried caches. She searches genealogy records and I search other stuff. Also I mount and frame her landscape photo work to sell come spring.

 

[doc-d]

When it starts to get cold, return "south" for over half the year….

 

[BC1969]

Ahh I long for that day when I can have a winter home in Arizona, and still have our cottage north for the summer.

Mike

 

[jeff of pa]

Ahh I long for that day when I can have a winter home in Arizona, and still have our cottage north for the summer.

Mike

I actually like PA so Much, (even when I hate it, I like it) I long for the day I can create Permanent Global Warming,
at least over the tri-County area here

 

[BC1969]

lol..I'll take this week we've had here in Michigan lately, last 6 days have been sunny, nice breeze low humidity and mid 70's..I'll take that through march!..k thanks I appreciate it.

Mike

 

[G. I. Digger]

Nice job Higgy! I build remote controlled airplanes and I search international frequencys while coping morse code. I just had my vintage military R391 restored and it is beautiful. If anyone is sending anything it will find it! Night searching works the best as signals skip in the atomsphere.

 

[SusanMN]

I spend time doing detecting research, of course, but also spend the winter time doing family history research. I am fortunate to have diverse and interesting bunch of ancestors, including former slaves, native Americans, and Revolutionary and Civil War soldiers.

 

[Higgy]

I spend time doing detecting research, of course, but also spend the winter time doing family history research. I am fortunate to have diverse and interesting bunch of ancestors, including former slaves, native Americans, and Revolutionary and Civil War soldiers.

My wife is the consummate genealogist. She studies and studies and researches, and writes, and she never tires of it. If I could only get her to research caches and THing stuff, I'd be rich!

 

[BC1969]

Now I know who to recruit for my family studies.

Mike

 

[Frankn]

Ahh I long for that day when I can have a winter home in Arizona, and still have our cottage north for the summer.

Mike

Plenty of people do it all the time. They are called Snowbirds. They live in motorhomes or tow trailers.
All you need are two lots with hookups, or stay at campgrounds. Frank

 

[SusanMN]

My wife is the consummate genealogist. She studies and studies and researches, and writes, and she never tires of it. If I could only get her to research caches and THing stuff, I'd be rich!

If your wife has not yet done a DNA test, let her know that she should. While it does tell you your various ethnic backgrounds, the real benefit to a genealogist is that it is able to match your results against others in their database and connect you with people related to you. I found a huge amount of family and family history this way.

 

[Higgy]

Plenty of people do it all the time. They are called Snowbirds. They live in motorhomes or tow trailers.
All you need are two lots with hookups, or stay at campgrounds. Frank View attachment 1059683

Everything that I have seen, and read about, but never experienced (so what I say is based on that), is the snowbird lived a fairly meager existence just to avoid the snow. I honestly could not leave my childrens and grandchildrens to do this... but I dream of it nonetheless. How pure a life it would be to stave off winter chills by simply moving south and back north again when it gets too hot down there.

 

[BARKER]

HIi BC 1969; Here in Boston our actual digging season starts in September and goes to May. I'm out in the woods inn the middle of winter all year long until may digging. The ground in the woods here almost never freezes allowing us that kind of digging. I've been known to sleep in the middle of the woods in winter during snow storms etc because we are well protected from the elements except the cold wind during the wind. We basically hunt Colonial cellar holes and Battle sites that occurred in the woods. They were running type battles with Indians during the 1600's. We have a great time. Thanks for the inquiry. PEACE:RONB

 

[Higgy]

HIi BC 1969; Here in Boston our actual digging season starts in September and goes to May. I'm out in the woods inn the middle of winter all year long until may digging. The ground in the woods here almost never freezes allowing us that kind of digging. I've been known to sleep in the middle of the woods in winter during snow storms etc because we are well protected from the elements except the cold wind during the wind. We basically hunt Colonial cellar holes and Battle sites that occurred in the woods. They were running type battles with Indians during the 1600's. We have a great time. Thanks for the inquiry. PEACE:RONB

I wish I could say the same for up here, Ron. The ground here freezes shortly after the first frost and you cant even get a shovel into it, much less a lesche hand trowel. I usually take the time between hard-ground, and frozen water to water hunt until I just cant stand it anymore. The water cools off a little slower it seems, so there is some time.

 

[JimK]

I usually spend the winter tinkering with the motorcycles and I hope this year to complete a vintage bicycle project that I am working on. When it is not to cold to be it the garage that is.

JimK

 

[DutchDiggers!®]

we live in Holland so winters are freak'n cold out here!
so no teccing in mid winter for us..
but since im a antique oddities dealer i use winter time to hunt flea markets n sort with my kid to reload our stock.

its really similar to digging..only without a teccie! haha
solo catches by 'eye'!

oh..n o'course drinkin some beers..oh wait..do that in summer too..ma bad! lol

cheers mate