Great ride report #7, thank you for sharing and lifting my snowmobiling spirits. It's great to hear how #1's riding is right up on par as a full fledged riding member. That's real club progress and a true milestone as the next generation is fully on board in our club's activity.
I have to say it inspires me and I am really excited to get my hands on #3's old xcr. I have a soft spot in my heart for that sled as I've always had, to be honest, we've all had a keen eye on that sporty little sled. I commit that this summer #19 and I will bring that machine back to it's original glory and he will be on it next year.
I know this because this past weekend I put him on my full sized machine and he fit on it perfectly well and took it around for a spin. I was a little nervous with all that power but he said he is ready for the trail. I am excited. I will figure out a 2-up for me and #43 and we will be mobile next year I promise.
I will say the boys are still using the little Mini Z and still have a ball tooling around the yard with that thing. They pull eachother around on sleds (like water skiing) and hit jumps. It's pretty cool to listen to the little motor working for hours on end. One tank of petrol after the next burned up. That little engine is impressively powerful for being a weed wacker motor or whatever.
The Ride Report from Nash Stream to Pittsburg begins on Saturday with #2 instructing #7 to see if my snowmobile would fit in the bed of my truck. Description in one word or less: Awkward.I got it in there and it did not look good. So I left it there and went on some errands. I received a couple of backhanded comments from some strangers. F them.
The meeting time was set for 5:15am. I picked up #1 and #2. Whos catch phrase is A one and a two and a you know what to do? It was intended to be a quick backup of the truck, hook up the trailer and off we would go. Didnt happen like that. When we tried to plug in the lights, the chord was all worn out like it came undone and dragged on the ground for 100 miles.#2 had another one ready to gosnip, strip, soder and tape and we were off by 5:45.
#1 provided egg sandwiches for the three of us. It was a rockn good snack, but not so good for my Biggest Looser contest at work. Me and my buddy are currently in third place.
We reached Nash Stream by 8:45 and got on the trail by 9am. We found the long straight Nash Stream portion of corridor 5 to be bumpy and brain rattling. The first intersection sent us up the hill to the right on 28 and conditions improved. The trails had plenty of snow and the pace was pretty quick.It snowed off and on most of the day. We made our way to 110 to 18 to 129/112 to 143. This is the eastern ride through the mountains while headed for Pittsburgh. We were logging quite a few miles on our way to NHs northern most town.
We made a few stops along the way. We kept the same order of 7-2-1 throughout most of the day. #2 and his GPS and vast knowledge of the trail system were regularly consulted. Ive been known to fly right by signs and miss a turn or two.#1 kept up all day. We decided that we did not have enough gas to go around the Connecticut Lakes to enter P-burg from the north so we fiddled around the east side of the lakes and came up from the east south with 93 miles when we finally made it to Youngs store.
Youngs store had a really slow line for gas. I filled up then went right into the restaurant to see if I could get a table. We could not get a table two weeks ago but no problem on this day. 25 minute lunch and we were off down the brown snowy trails. Its always a mess within a mile or two of Youngs store.We pretty much took 5 and 134 most of the way home. The trails were groomed ok, but not great. We headed through the ghost town formerly known as the Balsams. I always get a kick out of riding through that tunnel. The awesome hill climb right beyond the resort was again closed. I love that ride up to the top of Dixville Peak. Its been a tough year for riding.
This day was a lot of fun. This is only my second time out for the season, but it felt like Ive ridden all year long. Ive also had the pleasure to see my nephew go from being a complete novice a couple years ago to a skilled and impressive rider today.
We got back to the truck by 3:30. It was a little difficult loading the sled on the truck but we figured it out.We were parked next to some guy who was loading up his long track Polaris Rush Switchback 800. It looked pretty nice. This guy was a bigger yapper than #2. After exchanging life stories (the long version) we were on our way home.The season is not over. I hope to be going next week with whoevers available to ride. With 154 miles under our belts it was a great day of riding. The bumps made it feel like 200.
-- Edited by Pres on Tuesday 6th of March 2012 04:02:59 PM
