Greetings Sledders,

Wanted to wait until after the off trailin’ today to do the e-mail version of the report.

LAST WEEKEND: All that were here struggled through the not too good weather conditions to get good rides as the snow was melting during three days of mid to upper 30’s and the Sun set on high. This was accomplished in several directions NW, off trail and some mileage was actually picked up here by the young Mayer lad on his mini Polaris. When he and his younger sister weren’t riding on the big sled with Mom and Dad they spent every available minute riding over the driveway then back to the parking lot, turn around and repeat the course. In setting in my easy chair all I could see was the red flag go by the window in one direction and a few minutes later here it comes back again in the opposite. Cute as hell to watch.

Many thanks to all of you for making last weekend a great one. We had the Carey’s, Wixey’s, Mayer’s , Wagner’s to name a few and of course I would be remiss should I not acknowledge the infamous Grapeman and his group. The Grapeman visited us some years ago and emptied a cooler that had grapes in it into a sink and clogged our drain, hence Grapeman and he is not allowed in any room carrying fruit smaller than an orange. He also claims that he has every report that I’ve published, hard to believe that anyone would want to collect such a pile of jibberish but flattering nonetheless.

The Burger group was also here working on their stuff in the garage and as usual taking it all in stride. You Ohio folks are the most patient people I know. I remember a few years back when we were putting a track on the Lamtrac and these guys took off the coats, rolled up the sleeves and said ALL RIGHT something to fix and dove right in. Thanks again guys, but never utter the word Lamtrac again, brought back horrific memories and nightmares.

HERE AND NOW: We are not grooming. Most of the system is for the most part shot, passable on some segments but not really recommended. The exception to that is what the Wilhelm boys and I experienced today and that would be the straights on the Lovells trail that we went on in order to get to off trail which was great and included an awesome air show by two A-10 drivers, the strafing runs just 75 yards away were just incredable. That Gatling gun is a sight to behold especially when you are that up close and personal.

FUTURE: There’s not much in the forecast to suggest that a turn around in the trail system is on the immediate horizon. Not seeing anything that would compromise off trail but nothing healing on the rest either.

Next report when something looks to change conditions.

Ride Often and Please Be Safe,
Keith, Sandy and The Girls.

At Fay’s Motel enjoy direct access to the Grayling Area snowmobile trails.

Greetings Sledders,

Many thanks to the Price group for stopping by during our groomer scheduling meeting to thank the guys for providing them good rides all week, at least on our trail system. Taking that time was certainly appreciated.

We had two guys in that rode Wednesday and picked up 100 miles and said that they probably saw 12 or 13 miles of what they would consider rough trails and that occurred elsewhere. What’s the big deal about this you ask? They are vintage sled riders on 1980 Ski-Doos, in a phone con with Keith after their ride (his name too) he said he was happy with conditions and glad he made the decision to pull the trigger and come up.

WEEKEND AHEAD: Not sure how everything is going to hold up and this is primarily based on the weather wizards forecast. They are calling for temps that will be flirting with the freeze mark and the scariest part is the partly cloudy piece of the forecast. There are too many variables with this type of situation to feel comfortable with predicting what if anything will happen. Traffic volume, amount of cloud cover, humidity in the air etc. Just a heads up so you are aware of the forecast ahead of us. Off trail and any trail segment that is relatively clean likely will not be impacted regardless of how much sun we get.

GROOMING: We will be back at full strength tomorrow when we take delivery of JD-1 and the weekend schedule has been set. The day time grooming schedule may be altered somewhat depending on how much sunshine we get. We have 2 out of 3 drags that will not process wet snow. As a result we may have to do some very late night runs.

Ride Often and Please Be Safe, Keith, Sandy and The Girls.

At Fay’s Motel enjoy direct access to the Grayling Area snowmobile trails.