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Updated 2/21/2021 9:57 AM
The volunteers walk through the grass in November, putting signs on the trails with the intention of directing snowmobile traffic. Every year when we re marking the trails, we say, I hope this is the year! I hope this is the year! says Don Schaefer, a 59-year-old Ingleside resident and secretary of the Sno-Kommanders of Lake County. Well, this is the year.
We are experiencing the snowiest February since 2011. Last year, the biggest snow we had was on Halloween, and I swear it never snowed again, snowmobiler John Saigh, 61, of Gurnee, says of the 2019-20 winter, which saw measurable snowfall in October and April, but very little in February. There are a lot of years, I shake my head and wonder if it s worth it.