| We
had decided to meet at the chef's
place in Valders. Brian flew
in from Washington.
Finally we left. It was quite
windy on the way up and
things
kept flying past the truck.
Cans and cardboard?
We
got to White Pine and saw someone
naked jumping up and down in
front of one
of
the windows. Never sure who
that was! The next day started
off fine.
Less
than 10 miles into the trip
Brian came over a hill too fast
and tried to stop and rolled
his machine.
The
windshield broke and it wouldn't
start. McIver took the kill
switch apart and it was broken
in the
kill
location. He bypassed the switch
and we were on our way. The
trails were in good shape.
We
stopped in Houghton for a good
lunch and headed for Eagle River.
That
night at the Eagle River Inn
room wars broke out. I can't
go into the details. You would
have had
to
have been there to experience
it firsthand. The free wine
was a bonus .Mechanic smoothed
it out with
the owners the next day. On
the way back to White Pine the
next day Brian got his machine
fixed up.
It
took more than a couple of band-aids.
We stopped at a bar for a couple
a few miles before we got to
White
Pine. When we left it was decided
the sober judge would lead the
way at a reasonable speed.
As
we pulled into the parking lot
at the motel Tomba followed
the wrong group back out onto
the trail.
About
1 1/2 hours later he found his
way back. So then the games
began.
Snowmobiling
with 9 guys, what a trip! |
