| This
trip we almost bit off more
than we could chew. We started
out in Mercer. We didn't know
we
were
in for a 235 mile ride with
mile after mile of poorly groomed
trails. The bumps were horrible.
To
top it off we hit a snowstorm
in the middle of the day that
kept on into the night.
We
found out later a groomer had
broken down and the trails hadn't
been worked on.
Sometime
after nightfall we thought we
may be getting near Houghton
until we saw a sign that said
Houghton
76 miles. Oh no! Soon after
that Tomba took a wrong turn
and the Judge and
Tomba
got separated from the group.
It would have helped if we remembered
where we were
staying
so it took a couple of hours
to meet up again. We were staying
at the King's Inn.
That
night we stopped at a local
watering hole and met up with
a drunk Russian named Ivan.
Tomba
hit it off real good with Ivan
and the vodka. He paid for that
later that night.
The
trails were groomed that night
so with all the snow and newly
groomed trails the conditions
were
excellent. We came across a
few bumps and Tomba became ill.
The helmet had the stains to
prove it.
Just
like clockwork we lost Tomba
on the way back to Hurley that
day. We waited at the hotel
for
over an hour and then headed
downtown to look for him. We
found him on Silver St. waiting
for us.
He
knew where to be found. We had
a nice uneventful night.
The
ride to Mercer the next day
was very nice. No accidents!
This
was a long trip but a great
weekend! |
