The morning started off by picking up a rental sled for one of my friends. We rode across the lake to meet up with him while one of my other friends drove him in a truck to the dealer. We got gas at Nordines in Bergland and then rode over to the dealer. When we arrived all the paperwork was done and we just hopped on the sleds and headed to the hoop to get gas. After getting gas we jumped back on the lake and headed for the cabin. We met up with my other buddy and topped off the sleds with oil. Everyone was hungry so we decided to get breakfast at the fisherman. On the way we swung by the other cabin where the prairie riders were staying to see if anything was going on. Sure enough, one of them had smashed up an exhaust valve in their engine so we sat around and BS’ed for a while. Our appetites were kicking in so we headed across the lake to the fisherman.
Three of us had the walleye breakfast, it was excellent as usual.
After breakfast we decided to head towards Wakefield.
Trail 8 was in decent shape and we stopped in at Bingos. Even though they don’t have much of a menu, this is one of my favorite places to stop. Eugene is very knowledgeable on the area and is one of the friendliest “yoopers†I have ever met. We talked and laughed for a while and decided it was time to start making our way back towards lake Gogebic.
All of us needed gas so we rode to town and topped off. We wanted to go back a different way than we came so we choose to go down trail 2 to Marinesco and then get on trail 1 north to lake Gogebic.
Trail 2 was in good shape with a few bumps here and there.
Trail 1 was in awesome shape, other than the swimming pool found between Marinesco and the Gogebic Lodge.
I do not recommend this trail if you have any beginner riders in your group, or if you have anyone that does not like to get wet. My one buddy from Florida ended up getting his rental sled stuck in this pool of mud.
Of course we thought it was funny and he was able to laugh it off, but I’m sure if it happened to the wife she wouldn’t be laughing!
After pulling the rental sled out of the mud we headed for lake Gogebic Lodge. It was Mexican night so we all took advantage of that. The place was kind of empty since it was early, but the food was good. When we left the lodge we headed north to the fisherman and then crossed the lake to the root cellar and then headed north to the prairie riders cabin. We sat around there and shot the breeze for a while before heading back to our cabin. We were done riding by 8pm so we would be fully rested for our trip to Copper Harbor tomorrow!
Distance: 115
Previous: 956
Season Total: 1,071