After performing snow removal for nearly 2 days, it was time for me to play in it!
I headed out late Sunday morning and found the expected assortment of plentiful snow and water/mud holes. It was plenty wet around Bear Trap Swamp. Nothing had been groomed around Town yet. But most of the trails were well tracked to put down the start of this season’s trail base.
On S86/Little Canada, I found the section between Sawmill Road and Lone Birch untracked. That was a nice romp through the pow-pow!
Whilst I was getting my sled unstuck from a snow bank at Lone Birch, Crazy Cal showed up. He was following me and didn’t know it yet. Great minds do think alike sometimes.
After spinning around Town we decided to hit C8/Sabael trail for a look-see. A short distance past Pashley Road, we saw mud hole after mud hole lined up. It did not look worth it to carry on.
Shortly after we had stopped, several oncoming snowmobilers recommended that we turn around because it was SWAMPY in there. They also told us they hit Moose River Plains on Saturday, and reported it was groomed from end to end for great snowmobile riding. Sounds like something I need to hit this week. 🙂
We decided to make a run out to Rock Lake on S84.
There were more than several water crossings. Most of them weren’t deep. But some of those mudholes…. DANG!
We made it to Rock Lake marsh without getting bogged down. Between the water/mud holes, it was semi-decent riding. Bumps were spaced far enough apart to maintain some enjoyment to the trek.
Neither of us felt the big itch to keep on and make the run to Blue Mountain Lake or Newcomb trail, so we turned tail and headed back to town.
On a trail stop, I found out just how much mud I had gotten myself into. Looks really bad, but I was able to get some of that off after the ride.
After a nice little rip on S87/42nd and Broadway, Cal and I parted ways. Headed over to Mom’s house and had some lunch. Then it was back out to make a return run to the compound.
Almost needless to say, we didn’t ride any lakes.
Got back with 25 miles clicked on the odometer. My first ride is usually a short shakedown session, to get the legs back under me. My trailer has been away for some repairs. Hoping to get it back this week so I can rip out a Moose River Plains and beyond run.
Feels great to be back on the saddle!
Looking ahead, modelology and ensembles have taken on a much different view of the end-of-week event, indicating a MONSTER storm cutting through the Great Lakes, instead of a nor’easter. It appears the strong blocking pattern over eastern Canada will start to erode. This would put us on the wrong side of the tracks on Friday.
The only saving grace would be a short (one day) warm up. And it would turn very cold for the weekend. It seems like we almost never catch a break for Christmas.
For the ilsnow nation,
Darrin
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