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Gloria 12/31/09

spent the past 6 days in Pittsburg enjoying varying success snowmobiling. Arrived on Thursday afternoon in time to unpack in daylight and ride the sleds to Young's for gas. The lakes were closed - too much snow on top of the ice with some open water made them totally unsafe. Went for a terrific ride on Christmas day - probably didn't see 10 sleds all day. On the way back to the cabin Gloria's sled started making horrible noises, so nursed it all the way back and still had time for a wonderful Christmas. Our cabin had a Christmas tree so made for a wonderful holiday. Saturday morning at the Arctic Cat place to get Gloria's sled worked on. Rented a sled for a day and had terrific time riding around. Sunday it rained all day. Were really concerned that the snow might disappear, but fortunately it held, and with snow on Sunday night and continual snow all day Monday and Tuesday we had great trails. Unfortunately Tuesday the winds were VERY strong and had to watch the trails in the high open country as the winds were wiping them out.
Came back yesterday - temps were way BELOW zero, and decided not to head out for just a couple hours before coming back.
A wonderful way to spend Christmas. Now we need some good snow from this weekend's storm so we can all ride south.
gsa

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George 12/30/09

Andrew and I arrived at Baker River Valley snowmobile club at 9:45 this morning and pulled into their totally empty parking lot at the club house just as their groomer was headed towards Green Camp. This is a good sign! 2 other trucks pulled in behind us, we off loaded both sleds, suited up and headed northwest following fresh groomer tracks!

As Phil accurately reported, not real good, but not bad either - no open water and no mud. We passed the groomer about half way up, no stuck BMWs this time in the ditch and stopped for a rest at camp. Perfect day, clear sunny sky, beautiful view to the north and temps in the mid-teens - definitely NOT cold. (Repeat: NOT cold...) I had the M10 suspension on the Polaris set super-soft (read: too soft), but so far, Andrew reported it didn't bottom out. As the groomer neared camp, we continued west and stopped at the corner to Pickerel Pond, dug out the 9/16 wrench and socket (no pictures), set the M10 up to it's suggested setting and headed south on 10 Mile road.

Near Excellent!

Stopped once in a sunny spot, and Andrew reported the M10 after adjustment rides like on a cloud.

OK, so now it's set nearly per the guidelines/chart under the hood, but who follows directions?

As we're relaxing in the sun, a 7-dog dogsled team passed by with a woman driver headed north. We took a nice picture and headed south, this time with me on the Polaris for the first time, Andrew on the Ski-Doo. Andrew was right, the M10 does ride like a cloud. I'm impressed.

Last evening, I used MapSend software and overlayed 9 previous GPS tracks from Baker River and Hardy Country from past rides with Chuck, printed out a 5-page map and taped together. Probably looked like typical tourists if anyone saw the open map, who cares, but we had NO trouble navigating southwest all the way to Chuck's. 10-mile road was excellent, mint on the M10 (Hi Scott), the trails towards the powerline were firm and mostly groomed, no open water (unlike last December.. stuck in a brook) and fresh snow for lubrication. Up to the overlook for another rest and scenic view (still definitely not cold...), then down to the powerline and south a bit to Chuck's.

I think Chuck filled a large hole with powdery snow in his yard near the powerline because a wall of fresh snow came over the windshield of the SLE as we turned off the powerline towards his barn. I endured (read: more gas), stopped at Chuck's door, brushed off, rested and we admired his toy shop!

Back onto the powerline but not south to Hebron for lunch as originally planned, powerline was too hard, needs more snow, so we headed north all the way to the clubhouse.

Note to sane riders: the powerline is NOT yet ready to ride unless we get more snow..... Some downhill slopes headed north are glare ice and 'interesting'. Who needs studs?

Back at the club house, 35 miles on the Polaris and 55 on the Ski-Doo.

You ask how? No, not a breakdown (again).

On 10 Mile road while riding the 500 fan, I looked down and was doing 80!! I didn't realize a Rotax 500 leaf blower had so much power!! Must have been that super-tune and new belt at Bickfords on Monday. Then later I noticed that 100 is straight up and more interestingly, the speedo goes all the way over to 5 o'clock position and reads 200!! Then I looked closer and and it states km/h (not MPH).

Overall a very good day for an early season ride - didn't tip over (okay, I came close more than once - gotta tighten that too loose limiter strap!!), didn't get lost, didn't get stuck AND didn't cook any pistons... And a good day made even better with a late lunch (2:30) in Plymouth at Beiderman's Deli and Pub - excellent rhueben sandwich and thoughts of HH/JJ and his always-mentioned chili from Beiderman's.

Think snow!
GL

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ChrisW 12/13/09

Headed up north to Bear Notch road on Sunday...rode about 40 miles in total, conditions were decent...good snow coverage...no grooming yet obviously, not to much traffic. Taught the girlfriend how to ride her new sled....started off slow, by the end of the day I had her doing about 35mph! It was a good day...tested out my new sled, ready to ride!

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