December 15, 2019

20 degrees this morning and snowing. Looks like we picked up about 3 inches of fluffy lake effect last night. Here`s what went on yesterday…..

Groomer Kevin and Chic Drisdrowski ( I think I spelled that right ) from Chics hot dog stand out on trails #452 and #8 took off in a groomer at 10 am to hit the Point trails. I talked to Kevin briefly this morning on how it went. He told me the Point trails are a total mess…..tons of trees blown down and a fair share of water. He said they busted their butts until dark and then headed back to the barn. He is back out there again today, more on that in a minute.

Groomers Mike, Gerald, myself and a NEW GUY Zack Ferguson ( WELCOME!!!!! ) plus a guy who drove all the way from Mt. Pleasant to help us who`s name is Mike Hoffman all took off towards Pine Stump on Trail #8 at 10am also. We took the remaining 2 groomers and Mike H. rode his sled with a tobagan in tow and took off in front of us. Talk about a mess!!!! We have never seen it this bad as far as trees down!!!!! Long story short, we made it as far as Little Lake off of CR 500 and turned around after a HARD 8 hrs of work, and we had 6 more to go to get back to the barn!!! The rest of the trail to Pine Stump shouldn`t be too bad as far as trees down cause there ain`t to many left after the fire a few years back.

Now, back to Groomer Kevin. He is back out on the Point trails today with Groomer Scott and ANOTHER NEW GUY Dale Grahm ( WELCOME to you too!!! ). They took 2 machines and are gonna try and tackle the rest of the Point. I will hear from him tomorrow to see how that went.

All fer today…..just trying to keep y`all updated.

LET `ER SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Groomer Chris

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December 8, 2019

38 degrees this morning, cloudy and kinda drizzely. It does look like the weather will change tomorrow. "They" are saying highs in the low 20`s and lows in the low teens for all of next week with a couple- few inches of snow each day but then warm up a touch into the low 30`s by the weekend……we`ll see.

Now on to the first part of business. We are low on help (as usual). It seems that we could get more help from the local businesses that depend on you snowmobilers but that just doesn`t seem to happen. Maybe if they would comment on our FB page about this post we could figure out why….we are open for any suggestions.

We are having a meeting this Wednesday the 11th at 6 PM at the new barn to discuss what needs to be done and hopefully recruit some new people. PLEASE!!!!! anybody who would like to help show up and some of you that have helped in the past but we haven`t seen in a long time….show up too!!!!

Now on to what went on yesterday………

Groomers Mike, Dave M., Gerald and a part time local Ed Sabo went out in 2 machines and hit the Falls trail. I was unable to help cause I hurt my back last Thursday. They started out on the south loop trail #45 which runs from town to the old barn on the south side of M-123. They had to turn around half way thru cause the water holes were too deep, even for the groomers!!!!!! They cut back in on the trail at the old barn. Long story short, they did make it the rest of the way to the Falls but it was VERY MUDDY and there was a TON of trees down. They got the trees cleared but the gates are closed for now. We will wait for it to freeze back in this week before trying it again so don`t go around the closed gates. We will open them when it is safe…..first and last warning!! With the water this high I can only imagine what the south swamp trail looks like!!

All fer now…..keep checking back…..I`ll keep you informed (as usual).

LET `ER SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Groomer Chris

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