Snowmobile: Annual Trip - MI (Feb 2004)
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Wednesday:
  • Drove all night "in the snow" and arrived in North Platte, NE, around 12:30pm CST
  • Had a beer and then crashed for the night
Thursday:
  • Got up early and hit the road
  • Drove for another 14 hours "in the snow"
  • Dropped Nichole off at the Minneapolis airport and then continued on to Brian's house
Friday:
  • Left early for the U.P. of Michigan
  • Arrived at the The Walley Lodge around 1:30pm and checked in
  • Got dressed and hit the trails around 2:30pm
  • Rode a good sized loop and put on about 80 miles
  • The trails were in AWESOME shape: plenty of snow, trails in perfect condition, not too many people, excellent!!!
  • Finished the ride and played poker until 1:00pm or so and then crashed
Saturday:
  • Got up around 10:00am or so
  • Got dressed and rode the sleds into Bergland for breakfast and gas
  • Hit the trails around 12:00pm
  • The day was full of some great riding and everyone had a blast
  • Put on around 190 miles this day
  • Again, the trails were in AWESOME condition: great snow, fun play areas and powerlines, excellent!
  • After the ride, cruised over the lake to The Fishermans Lodge for a good meal to finish the day
  • Headed back to our lodge and once again played poker until 1:00am or so
Sunday:
  • Got up around 8:00am
  • Got dressed for a short day of riding and packed our stuff in the trucks
  • Hit the trails around 10:30am or so
  • Did a short loop and put on about 50 miles
  • Returned to the lodge and loaded the sleds and changed (outside and it was flippin' cold =)
  • Drove back to Minneapolis
  • Dropped Brian off at his house
  • Mike and Rick met up with Nichole, got something to eat and then continued the drive to Ames, IA....again "in the snow"
  • Crashed at a hotel in Ames because we were all tired
Monday:
  • Got up early once again and hit the road around 7:00am
  • Oh my gosh....can you believe it....IT'S NOT SNOWING....
  • Did the long drive back to Colorado and arrived in Parker around 5:00pm
NOTES:
  • I'd have to say, this was the most successful trip yet...besides the driving 1000's of miles in the snow
  • Driving thru Nebraska, we came across at least 50 cars and trucks in the ditch
  • The only technical problem we encountered was losing our truck/trailer 7-wire to 4-wire adapter somewhere along I-80 in Nebraska. Fortunately we were able to buy another one along the way and we duct taped that sucker right to the truck this time!