MLK weekend ride
Me and my friend Steve went to St. Helen this past weekend with 3 other guys, Greg, Bud and Jonathan. We ended up putting on 175 miles on for Sunday. Left St.Helen and headed towards Lewiston, overall the trailers were in good shape, some very good, some very rocky. The day went good until we started back from Lewiston and one sled in out group did not like the 2 degree temps and seized while we were running on a section of trail that goes onto a road, high speeds, very cold and a split carb boot did the REV 800 in. We dropped him off in Lovells at the bar and called someone to bring a trailer to pick him up.
The rest of us headed back out. The rest of the ride went smooth, I did get some wind burn/frost bite on my cheeks, I am not sure how I was leaking air with my BRP module but I wasn't too happy once we stopped, the worst part was the other guys said later that my face was very red. They could have told me, oh well.
We ate dinner at the Firehouse on Rose City, this place is very nice inside and dinner was excellent. The prices were very good also. I highly recommend eating there if you are in the area.
Monday we headed over to Rose City and dropped at Frank Alley park. We headed towards Luzerne and trail on the Ogemaw system were flat as could be, great job as always.
As we approached the Oscoda line I was hoping that the trails was groomed better than last season whe I was up there and they were. The ride into Luzerne to Ma Deeters was actually pretty good, the closer you got to Luzerne the thinner the snow got. You had to watch out for potatoe size rocks on the trail. They need more snow but for what they had to work with, they did a good job. We ended up back in Rose City and did some off trail exploring and found a couple of spots that will be fun to bring the kids up to and let them ride without having to put them on the groomed trail. We ended up with 125 miles for Monday.
All and all a great time with friends and the trails were good, what more could you ask for except more snow and more time off work.
The rest of us headed back out. The rest of the ride went smooth, I did get some wind burn/frost bite on my cheeks, I am not sure how I was leaking air with my BRP module but I wasn't too happy once we stopped, the worst part was the other guys said later that my face was very red. They could have told me, oh well.
We ate dinner at the Firehouse on Rose City, this place is very nice inside and dinner was excellent. The prices were very good also. I highly recommend eating there if you are in the area.
Monday we headed over to Rose City and dropped at Frank Alley park. We headed towards Luzerne and trail on the Ogemaw system were flat as could be, great job as always.
As we approached the Oscoda line I was hoping that the trails was groomed better than last season whe I was up there and they were. The ride into Luzerne to Ma Deeters was actually pretty good, the closer you got to Luzerne the thinner the snow got. You had to watch out for potatoe size rocks on the trail. They need more snow but for what they had to work with, they did a good job. We ended up back in Rose City and did some off trail exploring and found a couple of spots that will be fun to bring the kids up to and let them ride without having to put them on the groomed trail. We ended up with 125 miles for Monday.
All and all a great time with friends and the trails were good, what more could you ask for except more snow and more time off work.
Labels: 1/20/08 - 1/21/08 Ride
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