Nothing makes this girl as happy as getting my birthday wish. We just returned from an awesome afternoon ride. We headed south on trail 7.

Gaylord Area – February 13
A beautiful day. Mild temps and off/on sunshine. Becky and Dave from Ohio enjoyed this ride with us.

We had been told by our guests that trail 7 along Old 27 was very rough last night. We did see the groomer pass last night about 6 pm, but we also observed that he was moving along at a fast clip which does not make for good grooming.

Mike spoke with the DNR and was informed that they had cut back Gaylord’s grooming which has been noticed by several riders. Mike did remind her that Gaylord gets alot more traffic than alot of areas, and it needs to be groomed enough to keep riders coming to our trails.

The worst part of our ride sadly was the Gaylord trail. We rode down to Frederick on trail 7. When we crossed over old 27 (following trail 7 south)our ride improved 100%. Grayling’s trail was awesome. Such fun for our first real ride of this season. We were able to glide along easily.

As we rode thru Grayling following the trail behind businesss, in front of motels it was rough going. Some area down to pavement. It wasn’t long and we were on ‘Boogey Boulevard’ – the straightaway stretch along I75 – and sailing along in the breeze. We continued south onto 782. There was a straight stretch that was very icy. 782 to 482, short bit of 487 and then 7 onto 79, 679 and back onto 7 to the home stretch north.

This is my story about my ride. There are many more miles of trails. Two riders just stopped in to tell us about their ride. They rode from Waters up to the bridge. They report it was a great ride. Indian River’s trails were awesome smooth. Snow is expected for Valentine’s Day. Happy Trails to You
Snow is in the forecast for Valentines Day! Happy Trails to You.

We have sunshine today and temps will be in the low 30’s. Tonight we will be getting more snow with temps in the 20’s and more snow showers for the next 5 days. Temps will be in the 20’s for Thursday and dropping to the teens for Friday and Saturday.

The Gogebic Range Trail Authority: Trail 2, 8, and 160 are all freshly groomed and are in good conditions. Trail 11S was groomed yesterday and trail 11N was groomed on Monday and both are in good condition. If anyone is interested in helping groom log on to the Gogebic Range Trail Authority website. www.gogebicrangetrailauthority.com/

The Lake Gogebic groomers report: All trails are in good condition. After another busy weekend all groomers are out running continuously on all trails to keep them in the best possible shape. PLEASE REMEMBER TO PULL OVER IF YOU SEE A GROOMER. THEY HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY…
Just a reminder the Bergland Mobil gas station has closed, so plan your fueling accordingly.

The Watersmeet groomers report: All trails are groomed every night. Trails are in good to very good conditions. Groomer is back up and running. Trails are in peak condition!

Keep in mind groomers can be out day or night so watch out for them and please pull over or slow down and wait for the operator to signal you by.

Please be careful on corners as you know several Michigan Trail signs have been discontinued. These signs are posted on our trail map. PLEASE BE SAFE!!!!

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