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Ride to Speculator Tree Farm: Update 2/19/20
Well… Wednesday’s ride was a case of “if you don’t succeed, try again!” In the morning, I started at 6:30am to get a jump on things. Turns out that C8 heading out of Indian Lake toward Cedar River Headquarters had other ideas for me. The trail was studdery, which wasn’t it’s biggest problem. Tuesday night’s […]
Ride to Salisbury: Update 2/6/20
UPDATE 2/7/20: Got blitzed with 10 inches of white gold at the ilsnow storm center on Friday! Trails in town are a mess with ice and snow laden trees bending down to the ground. Adirondack Lake has DEEP slush that almost made me regret going out there. C8 out to Cedar River Headquarters was a […]
Indian Lake to Speculator: Ride 1/30/20
After yesterday’s 190+ mile ride to Brantingham and back, I didn’t get back into the game until about noon. My lateness to the party had given the groomers a chance to make their rounds. Here is what it looked like when I departed the compound: A few goobers got on my case when I posted […]
Indian Lake to Speculator and Wells: Ride 1/24/20
1/26/20 – 8AM UPDATE: Well… Ended up with 4 inches of wet cement mix at the ilsnow storm center in Indian Lake! Always nice to get the unexpected bounce every now and again. ? 1/24/20 Report When I woke up this morning, I wasn’t sure whether I’d bother riding. But by 11:30am, I was about to […]
Shakedown Ride: Update 1/3/20
Whenever Little Canada between One Stop and Lone Birch looks like the above cover pic, you know things just ain’t clicking in town. I had only ridden across the parking lot at the compound this season, not even enough to register 0.1 mile on the odometer. Totally unacceptable for me and things had to change…QUICKLY! […]




