Three out of the seven of us that were going left for the Larson cabin on Thursday, the rest of us went up on Friday morning, including Dad and me. We got up at about 0500 and were on the road by 0545. We took the 'burban up again and only had to make one stop in Danbury, WI to get some more coffee and a bag of donuts. We were very worried about what the trails were going to be like when we got up there. The Twin Cities had been experiencing a huge warm up and most of the snow has melted away. The temperature on the ride up was about 4 degree which wasn't too bad. We were surprised on how much snow they still had up there when we arrived. Obviously some of it had melted, but they still had a pretty good base! We arrived at about 0900 and got the sleds and our gear unloaded. The temperature outside was almost 30 degrees now!
After we got our sleds unloaded we were still waiting for two more guys to show up, so we headed out on a quick 20 mile ride. The trails were bare in some of the corners and were there wasn't as much tree cover, but overall not bad considering. When we got back from our quick ride, another guy showed up. We decided since the last guy had been having ongoing snowmobile issues, we would head out without him and hook back up with him later in the night. We set out and put another 50 miles on around the Brule, WI area and headed back to the cabin. Chris Vervais, the last one in our group had showed up and his snowmobile was still not working! Needless to say, Chris would not be joining us in the morning. We had some lasagna and went to the bar for a few drinks and called it a night. I think we were back and in bed around 0100 or so in the morning.
The next day we woke up and were amazed at how nice of a day it was. The sun was shining, bright blue sky, but the temperatures were in the 30's again. We were all wondering how long the trails would last with these warm days. Before we left, I did remember to take the last remaining three pictures of our group:
Top Left: Me on my 1997 Ski-Doo MXZ 583
Top Right: Phil Larson on his 1999 Ski-Doo Formula III 700
Bottom: Brian Larson on his 1999 Ski-Doo Formula III 700
We all wanted to put a few miles on today and wanted to change to scenery up a little bit, so we headed south and west. We ventured into the neighboring Douglas county and we very pleased with the trails. We managed to explore about 100 miles worth of trails and never really hit any real bad spots, but we did pass many other snowmobilers so the trails were getting pretty worn out. On our way back to the cabin, we saw a sign which I thought was pretty funny (see below) and Phil Larson did his part of recycling by picking up a road kill rabbit and bringing it back to the cabin to clean. We all thought it would be best to leave it, but we were not the ones that had to ride with it the whole day! When we got back to the cabin, we feasted on more lasagna and duck chili and stayed in for the night and had a few cocktails. We were all in bed by midnight.
The next day, Brian Larson had to leave early in the morning to work, so Chris Vervais had a chance to ride his snowmobile for the day. This would be out last day of riding, so the night before we got Vervais' sled and my new sled (long story which I will explain in my next post!) loaded on his trailer. We hit the trails again, but since Dad and I wanted to be on the road by 1300, we only put about 30 miles on. The trails were officially beat up, but still ridable. When we got back, we loaded our sleds up, said our goodbyes, and hit the road. The ride home was uneventful and we made it up there and back on a tank of gas in the 'burban!
For the season was have almost 600 miles logged so far. I'm not sure if we will get a change to go out again or not. I guess a lot depends on the future snowfall. Either way, so far it has been a great snowmobile season!
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