It's only "mud" if you have to travel on a dirt road. There's plenty of houses located on them new-fangled bitumineous roads <img alt="wink.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/wink.gif"><br><br>
Really, I was just joshin'. "Stick" season is Autumn before the snow falls and sometimes, the snow falls before the leaves do. "Mud" season is actually the relatively short time between Winter and Spring when the snow is melting and the maple sap is boiling into syrup all over the place. Smells heavenly!