Monday, February 2, 2009

Ride On

Well another weekend of slacking on work, but just riding. With all this snow I'll never get anything done. :-) Conditions are just too good to pass up, and the views are always breathtaking!
I brought a friend and co-worker up for his first snowmobile experience this weekend. He is an athletic type person and has ridden jet-ski's before, so he was pretty much a natural. Left Home Base ~9:30 in the morning, down the rail bed to Greensboro Bend. Once we rounded the corner from the railroad bed to the open trail we saw a beautiful house on the hill.We stopped @ Smith's store for a quick nourishment break. Then we went over the new Greensboro Bend to Wheelock connector, past a few cross country skiers. Nice trail, very small, but it was a good time maneuvering on the narrow trail. Headed north on 51 over to 53 then 52. Stopped to gas up @ East Burke, and soon as we got there they were having gas pump problems. Saw a few State Police sleds while we were there. We doubled back to Lyndonville to top off, crossing next to the old covered bridge. Then we headed back through E. Burke picked up 54 down to 2/5. Passed the groomer on 54 and another on 2/5.Trails were smooth for a while where the groomer had been.Drove through Victory, Kirby, then on to 5 through St.Johnsbury, and back home through the underpass tube. Here is a unique view of that.Stopped @ Goodfellas for a early dinner and back to chill.We did about 115 miles great for his first time. We probably could have ridden some more but didn't want him to get too tired of it too quick. He seemed to enjoy himself, which is good, though he was complaining about a little finger pain today (Monday) I call that the "holding on syndrome"
The amount of snow up there is still amazing. We have nowhere left to put it in the driveway it seems.
Soon I will have to shovel it out into the yard to make more room for it. Not necessarily a bad thing. :-)

Nothing else to do except........Ride On.
See you next time! The big ride coming in 2 weeks

1 comment:

Jen Ernandez said...

It's insane how much snow you guys have up there. my best friend is at school in burlington, she's always trying to talk me into coming up, but my issue is that my little car doesn't like the snow! she's got about 22 inches where she's at.