Since I took last year off from snowmobiling, this trip was the first time I had been out for a close to two years! In tradition, we headed back up to my buddy's cabin in Barnes, WI. We decided to leave early on Friday morning, but the others had gone up on Thursday night. This trip the group consisted of: Brian Larson, Phil Larson, Brian Moline, Bob Claerhout, Dad, and myself.
Just so these snowmobiling posts don't get so repetitive year after year, I will skip all the hour by hour details and let a quick summary and pictures tell the story.
Overall, we put about 160 - 180 miles on for the weekend. The trail conditions were great and the weather was perfect. We got a nice six inch dusting of lake effect snow on Friday night into Saturday morning which was very pretty. We typically ate breakfast (which consisted of a VERY tasty egg bake, Shannon sent up with us) at the cabin then lunch and dinner on the trail. The nights we all spent chatting around the fireplace at the cabin with a couple cocktails. The only real mechanical issues we had was with my snowmobile which kept fouling the left spark plug every 50 miles or so. We got the sleds loaded up on Saturday and hit the road for home around 0900 on Sunday morning!
Overall, the trip was a blast! It was very nice riding again. It is amazing how much you miss it when you have been doing it for so long! It was also very nice being home early on Sunday! Next trip is coming on in a few weeks in February!
