| .The
9th annual trip started out
fairly uneventful. McIver couldn't
make it this year. We started
out
from
Valders, headed to our destination
in the UP. A 5 hour drive turned
into a 7 hour because
of
bad road conditions. We were
forced to take a detour north
of Menominee. There was
a
jacknifed semi on M-35 and the
road was closed. After arriving
in Munising and getting a few
hours
sleep
we were on the trails fairly
early the next morning. The
trails were in really great
shape and with
a
couple feet of snow, it was
great for most of the day..........until
the Arctic Cat developed problems.
We
limped the last 25 miles to
Paradise, nursing the bad clutch
along. Ended up getting a clutch
and
having installed in the time
it took to have lunch at the
Yukon Inn. Since we still had
time
we
decided to head up to Whitefish
Point about a 40 mile round
trip. We found out it was
longer
than that. Very nice trails.
Put on a little over 200 miles.
Had
the usual game of "Mexican"
with the "Judge" presiding
over the affair.
Tomba
had several penalties for several
different infractions.
The
next morning we started back
to Munising. We stopped in Grand
Marais for lunch.
The
trails were in beautiful shape
again, but they were more crowded
than the previous day.
Made
a stop at the Bear Trap on our
way back. |
