We headed out early this morning joined by Brook, another member of our snowmobile club. He drove up last night and wanted to get some miles on since the snow back home has been weak at best. We gassed up, got a sticker for Brook and we were on our way. After taking trail 1 north to trail 2 we headed east. It was a chilly morning and we made our way into Watersmeet, MI. After gassing up we grabbed some food at big mama’s cafe. Then we hit trail 2 east to Iron River and fueled up again. Trail 2 was in perfect shape, freshly groomed and we cut the first tracks for most of the way.
I do have one “rant” about this ride. We got behind a group that was riding 30mph on the flat straight sections. If that is the speed you feel comfortable at, great do not ride faster! The problem is, when you turn around 5 times and look me in the face, even at stop signs, what is the point of that if you won’t move over? I mean, if you want to pretend someone isn’t behind you, why even turn around? We had a guy that did this for over 7 miles. If someone wants to get around me, by all means, go ahead! I’ll move over as soon as I know you are there.
Any how, we doubled back to trail 15 and rode that up to Sidnaw and then into Kenton. We grabbed some food at Hoppy’s. Then we took trail 107 back to trail 2 into Watersmeet. We fueled up again and then headed for Marenisco to grab a drink at Bam Bam’s. After leaving Bam Bam’s we headed south on trail 1 to Presque Isle and topped off the tanks.
For all the complaining people were doing this week about lack of snow or poor trail conditions we put on over 1,000 miles in 5 days. We saw 98% snow covered trails and after a few snow storms the trails were perfect.
Overall Trail Rating: 9 out of 10
Distance: 245
Previous: 1,812
Season Total: 2,057
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