Ahhh the weekend...AND SNOW!

I said last time that I was going to try to keep images small...I think instead of doing it that way...I am just going to upload them my picasa site. So from here on you will see LINKS instead of pictures on the blog...as space is limited to 1 GB...and it will be easier to post since I will not have to wait for individual pictures to upload. I just noticed that picasaweb is 1 GB as well...maybe I will see about upgrading my storage as I near my 1 GB.

Well, the storm that was supposed to go NW of us? HIT us! We saw about 7" of new snow at the house last night. That is surely enough to ride on! Good thing too...I was starting to go through a battle with "mid-winter no snow depression." I do not have pictures of it yet since I was at work all day...but I will share some additional pictures about our ride at the end of December.

First, it looks like snow is supposed to continue for a good portion of the weekend and next week. There may be a break Monday night through Wednesday night but heading into Thursday...there looks to be a decent amount of snowfall. No approximates yet obviously...but any snow is good snow with as little as we have had this year. I wish I had more time during the day so that I could keep better track of snowfall amounts up here. I know we have had more than most areas...but unrealized.

Now to the pictures from the last big ride. I am going to go a bit back in time since I was rushing to finish the other night. Before we made it to Harbor Springs we stopped at a few spots to get some picture taking done. It was absolutely beautiful! We played around here for a bit and drank a pop while a couple other sleds drove past. There was very little traffic for how incredible the trails were that day. Everyone that did not ride missed out. So after that stop we headed out toward Harbor Springs. There is one spot out there that I remember going to when I was little...my dad took me on a ride that ended up at my Grandma and Grandpa's house in Harbor. (I think that is nearly the first apostrophe I have ever used on my blog.) It overlooks a power line but has an incredible view of the woods North of Harbor Springs. There were some guys running their sleds up the hill we were on when taking that picture. One advantage of having a mountain sled is the ability to climb power line trails! ;) Next time I will get a bit longer track on my sled. Anyway, shortly after that we were in Harbor Springs overlooking downtown. That is about where I left off last time. We turned around and made our way home. It was a very enjoyable trip...especially because we nearly had the trails to ourselves.

So outside of those pictures I do not have anything really exciting to discuss other than the snow we got last night. I will have some more riding pictures hopefully after tomorrow. I know I need to get my sled worked on...the clutch is acting up which, according to a local Yamaha guy, may be the cause of my overheating. The belt is not sitting correctly or something to that effect. So he said something about adding a shim to the clutch. No idea what that means yet. Hopefully after I get it fixed it will make more sense.

That is it for now...we are baking a turkey breast for dinner tonight...so I had better get to the kitchen!

Goodnight from Northern Michigan!

P.S. Remember to post your comments! If you do not care for the links in the blog and would rather see the pictures themselves please let me know...I will suck it up and give the people what they want. ;)

Derek