1 hour ago, 813basstard said:

If Winter up north is anything like Covid lockdown

Its not anything remotely like that.  Nice try though

5 hours ago, FryDog62 said:

I hope to get out-of-state residency this year and may extend beyond 6 months in order to get away from a high tax state with extreme temps, far from center politics, rising crime, etc.  

 

My wife loves the winter, first time she ever saw snow was in 2019 when i brought her to the usa from her home in the philippines.

For me born in shakopee MN and then coming to north dakota at the age of 6 i didnt know anything other than great summers and fun frozen winters.

It was great as a kid untill i got into high school and then joined the service and went to boot camp in Florida. Then my life changed from loving the nothern climate to hating it and vowing to never return.

I was gone from the cold for 40 years and only returned in 2019 with my wife from the philippines to live in my house which my dad deeded over to me, he is going strong at 90 and we live with him.

The only reason i will stay in fargo ND is the low crime, low taxes, wide open spaces, lots of places close by to fish in either minn or nd and my wife loves the snow and cold.

Winter is a time for me to save money for the summer trips to yellowstone, mnt rushmore.....

If i did move it would be to places like tennesee wher it gets cold but not months of freezing.

I will fully admit that when I was a kid, I couldn't quite grasp the concept of older people leaving for the winter (snowbirds) and heading to Arizona or Florida for a few months.  I thought they were all crazy.  As I've gotten older, its very easy to see why they do it.  And I can see myself doing it too someday if I'm able to.  Not that I don't like winter here in MN, but the idea of the warm desert sun on a January day instead of 8 degrees and 3 feet of snow sounds appealing.

3 hours ago, gimruis said:

I will fully admit that when I was a kid, I couldn't quite grasp the concept of older people leaving for the winter (snowbirds) and heading to Arizona or Florida for a few months.  I thought they were all crazy.  As I've gotten older, it's very easy to see why they do it.  

 

Really?

 

                                    

1 hour ago, roadwarrior said:

 

Really?

 

                                    

Yes, really.

On 1/9/2023 at 4:48 PM, Jar11591 said:

We have ankle monitors that go off if we set one foot south of the Mason-Dixon  

Speak for yourself. Mine goes off as soon as I’m in an area with no ice. Then my PO calls and tells me we still have 3 solid months until ice out. ?

21 hours ago, gimruis said:

Don’t worry. When May rolls around they’ll all be bitchin’ about the sweltering heat and humidity again.

Nope and while I'm speaking strictly for me.... there are very few of my buddy's that complain about  Summer. 

 

Sometime around the end of September I look forward to the cool down it usually lasts two day before I'm ready for Summer again. lol

 

21 hours ago, gimruis said:

Don’t worry. When May rolls around they’ll all be bitchin’ about the sweltering heat and humidity again.

Nope and while I'm speaking strictly for me.... there are very few of my buddy's that complain about  Summer. 

 

Sometime around the end of September I look forward to the cool down it usually lasts two day before I'm ready for Summer again. lol

 

I cut wood 3 days a week until it gets warm enough to fish, plenty of exercise.

 

Not sure I could handle extreme north.

Well maybe if I didn't burn wood ?

I'm 53 and I have survived 53 winters. 

8 minutes ago, slonezp said:

I'm 53 and I have survived 53 winters. 

These are my favorite comments.

The last winter I spent in NY, I got through it by listening to lots of heavy metal, lifting quite a lot, and staying busy. I was a little more aggressive during that period of time, lol. Was a relief when I could finally fish again, and I fished hard

Well, it's winter here with temperatures in the 40's...Too cold for me to fish on the river.

February is a different story. Fishing days are selective, but it's my very best month for

BIG smallmouth.  Hope to be on the Tennessee River in a week or two.

                                                           

                                                   

                                                                     

21 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

Fishing days are selective, but it's my very best month for

BIG smallmouth

I wanna see some pictures! Look forward to hearing about it