Snowmobile: MN-MI trip (Mar 2002)
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Saturday, March 9th:
- Andy and Rick drove to Askov, MN, and rode 138 miles
- Trails were in great shape and it was an awesome ride
- Mark Haanpaa and Rick drove to Askov, MN, and rode 108 miles
- Trails were in fair shape, so not as many miles were put on. Otherwise a good ride.
- Mark and Rick drove to Askov, MN, and rode 127 miles
- Trails were in rough shape, with some good spots here and there
- Highlight: seeing a young black bear on the trail, our first wild bear EVER!
- Mike and Rick drove to Askov, MN, where we met Wayne, and rode 136 miles
- Trails were in good to poor shape, so got a decent ride in
- After the ride, Mike and Rick drove to Houghton, MI
- Highlight: sitting in the parking lot of a gas station trying to cut and rewire the wires between the truck and trailer. Ended up getting the trailer lights to work, but in the process, disabled the right blinker and brake light on the truck. Needless to say, we ended up getting to Houghton around 1:00 am EST!
- Mike and Rick hit the trails around 11:00am, and rode 206 miles
- Trails were frickin' awesome! There was a lot of snow, so that meant a lot of riding.
- Mike and Rick hit the trails around 10:30am, and rode 170 miles
- Trails were in awesome shape again. Did a lot of flat and straight riding, but also had some great single track riding.
- Highlight: since Rick complained the night before about not seeing any wildlife, ended up seeing about 30 deer and 1 coyote. We came across so many deer, that on one occasion, we both came within 10 feet of laying one across our sleds. Needless to say, those incidents kept us on our toes the rest of the day!