Blogs from Land O' Lakes, Wisconsin, United States, North America - page 2

Today Jan told me she wasn't interested in riding as far as we did yesterday. So we decided to make about a 55 mile loop and get back to the Gateway early. Our friends, Pat & Dawn were driving up with their snow machines today and we hope to ride together tomorrow. We Rode about 15 miles west of Land O' Lakes to Bent's Camp, a historic lodge on Mamie Lake, which is on the south end of the Cisco Chain of Lakes. We rode the lakes about 10 miles to the north end of Cisco Lake where we stopped for a break at the Cisco Lodge. Al, the owner was tending bar and told us a couple of hair raising stories about ice fishing on Lake Superior. Two times he was stranded on ice floes ... read more

We had one more mission to accomplish and that was to bring Steve's original windshield up to KMS for the sled he traded in. He was able to fit it in his tunnel bag and Tuesday's mission was to ride to Houghton and back, a ride of around 200+ miles. On the way up, we stopped at Bond Falls beween Watersmeet and Bruce Crossing, since Jim had not seen the falls. They are pretty in the winter with so much of the water frozen in the falls. When we arrived at KMS, Steve had them add a couple more accessories while he and Jim went for lunch. I rode down 15 miles to the Mosquito Inn for lunch and they met me down there for the 90 mile ride back to Land O. Now for the ... read more

Sunday morning Steve drove the boys down to Stevens Point to drop off Jack and Collin with the babysitter and then drove back to the cabin. We decided to meet at his cabin around 1:00 so I went for a little 65 mile loop ride through the forest roads and to the cabin. The late departure worked out fine for Jamie and Dale since they had ridden over 200 miles Saturday and made a lengthy pit stop at the Black Oak bar the night before. It was determined that the reason for the blown fuses was the electric heated shield plug and we convinced Steve he could ride without a problem if he just didn't plug that thing in. So, Steve, Jim, Jamie, Dale and I decided to make a 130 mile loop into the UP ... read more

Ray, my next door neighbor, joined me on this trip to Land O' Lakes, WI. We met my good friend and past co-worker, Rich at the Gateway Lodge on Thursday evening. Rich is one of the original Snowhawgs and founder of the Snowhawg Racing Team. In the past, Rich campaigned sleds in drag races around Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan. He had a lot of success and his favorite was winning the beer can trophy for the championship of the Delaware Days Races organized by the Range Snowmobile Club in South Range, MI. He has since retired from racing and limits his snowmobiling to trail riding. I guess we are all getting a little older. It's probably time to explain the origin of the nickname "Snowhawg" that I use for email and was the name of our ... read more