Powder, Drifts, Sled...

The title may be misleading...as it could be read in a bad way. :P  Many people have bad experiences with powder, drifts, and their sleds.  My experience was incredible.  I got the sled out this morning to take a spin around the woods.  What I found was nearly a foot of brand new FRESH powder from the snow storms over the last couple days.  It was sweet.

I started off in the woods behind our house.  We have all sorts of roads through the woods...and a nice field to play in.  I spent about an hour blazing new trails, jumping, and carving the new snow.  A foot of snow is not much for carving...but it was close enough for me. ;)  The jump has slowly been created by a plow that runs into the field.  The snow bank has gradually gotten taller and finally got tall enough today to hit and get some air.  Again not much, but close enough for me.  I then took to the trails and met a few people along the way.  I decided that I did not want to trail ride since there were so many people.  I headed home and watched some TV.  Sounds good right?  Well, there is more.

A few minutes after I got home, a buddy from work called.  We decided to meet up at the Pleasantview Township hall and head out from there.  We headed up toward Pellston on trails that were nothing but powder.  I think they groomed the trails...but not late enough in the night last night.  It was awesome riding though.  We got to Pellston and shot North to Mackinaw.  The rail road grade was in EXCELLENT condition.  No bumps, no dirt, just snow.  We stopped for a bite at the Key Hole Bar and continued our journey.  Our next destination was out in Levering.  We jumped off the trail onto the roads.  It was all sorts of fun...the drifts were coming across the road.  Busting through those was a bit tough on the body...but well worth it.  That was pretty much the trip...we took the trails back home from our destination and called it a night.  I went my way and he went his...both of us had about a 10 minute drive home.  

All said and done we had about 4 hours of riding and 110 or so miles in.  Not bad for a last minute ride! :P

The weather looks to cooperate temperature wise this week.  Not much in the way of snowfall....but the temps should stay cool enough to keep the new snow we received.  Good news for those of us who like late season riding. ;)

Enough for now...Goodnight from Northern Michigan!

No pictures by the way...we never stopped long enough to take any. :P  I WILL get some posted though.

-Derek