| Judge,
Mechanic, Chef, Diamond Duke,Tomba,
McIver and Eddy.
The
webmaster and his two brothers
and some friends went on their
8th annual snowmobile trip to
the U.P.
of
Michigan. The ride up was pretty
uneventful, except for a flat
tire on one of the snowmobile
trailers.
The
temperature was 20° below
when the tire went out. Thanks
to "The Diamond Duke"
we were able to change
the
flat. "Tomba and The Judge"
kept the vehicles warm and running
while the others did the work.
I would have
to
say "Eddy and the Mechanic"
did the most work.
When
we reached the Country Inn in
Ishpeming in the wee hours of
the morning of Feb. 6 we met
up with
"McIver"
who drove in from Minnesota.
Since we didn't havea kitchen
in the room "The Chef"
couldn't
prepare
any food.
The
next morning we set out for
Grand Marais which was about
170 miles away. The farther
east we headed
the
more snow there was. The trails
were in excellent shape. We
stopped for lunch near Buckhorn
and
had
a good lunch. We know that drinking
and snowmobiling don't mix,
so we wait till night to have
a few.
There
seemed to be alot of snowmobilers
out on the trails, probably
because the conditions were
great.
I
would have to say the condition
of the trails were some of the
best we have ridden over the
years.
We
reached the "North Shore
Lodge" in Grand Marais
a little before dark. We put
on about 165 miles.
Once
we were settled into our rooms
we all moved to one room for
the annual dice game of "21"
or
"Mexican"
as it is more commonly known
as. I won't get into specifics
but I don't participate in the
game
because I am "The Hanging
Judge." I have to decide
if there are any violations
during the game
and
hand out the punishment, which
consists of Mad Dog (MD 20-20),
among other varieties.
Later
we had some GREAT pizza at the
only place in town to eat.
The
next morning we started our
journey back to Ishpeming. The
only real problem we had was
when
the
Arctic Cat the"Duke"
was driving stopped running
and we had to tow it about 15
miles to the
nearest
road. We still made it back
to Ishpeming before dark.
We
are already discussing plans
for next year. |
