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Wells Run!

I visited my neighbors to the north on Tuesday, so I figured it was time to make a trek southward on Wednesday. Heading out of town, C8/Sabael trail was a decent ride. The water bars and mud holes have been frozen and covered. The Indian Lake Snowarriors have placed solar beacons on Indian Lake at […]

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Touchdown, Speculator! Ride 1/21/21

After the S84 beatdown to cap off Wednesday’s 218 miler, my goal today was simply to get out of bed and ride my snowmobile for ANY distance at all. Speculator was the one direction I hadn’t ridden this year, so I wanted to give that a shot. My back and shoulders were in pain with […]

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Approaching the last dance! Ride to Oxbow Inn 3/5/20

That two inches of snow Indian Lake got Wednesday night was enough to make it look somewhat like winter again first thing Thursday. Indian Lake Parks and Rec were out grooming the trails and did head out C8 toward Cedar River Headquarters. We chose to make the run down toward Speculator way. C8/Sabael trail had […]

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Ride to Ohio: Update 2/28/20

Despite the Blizzard Warning remaining in effect Friday morning, apparently for flurries and some blowing snow on the lakes, I took the calculated risk to go for a long ride. The State highway crews had worked well into the night, repeatedly plowing bare roads so they would be passable for the morning commute. The ride […]

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Fun in the Sun! Update 2/21/20

After getting chilled to be bone after Thursday’s mega-miler that continued into the evening, I wasn’t in a hurry to get back out there at the crack of dawn in sub-zero temperatures. Friday morning’s low was -17*F and it was only back up to -11*F by 8am. Temperature jumped up to zero by 9am and […]

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