UP Snowmobile trip Day Two -- Today we decided Chris was broken in, so we
were going to give him (and us) a little more of a challenge. Well, maybe
we over did it. We had several big stucks and lots of digging out.
The day ended with the "Mother of all Stucks". Thanks to a group of 5 guys
from Madison, WI who helped us, we were able to get the sleds out.
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We started out Day 2 with a nice trail ride...the trails were awesome! |
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Chris and Jon checking out the "carpet" laid down by the groomer |
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The first of many stucks that day |
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Jon got stuck in a muck hole that was hidden under about 3 feet of snow |
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We finally got out, but the muck in the hole stunk. |
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We made a stop at the Redridge dam...apparently an historic steel dam |
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view on the other side of the dam |
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Chris in front of the dam |
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Chis at Lake Superior. |
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The wind was blowing about 35 MPH...unbelievably cold |
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Fallen tree over one of the many forest roads we headed down |
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"I've fallen and I can't get up" |
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Chris standing in front of another stuck |
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After a successful dig-out |
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Jon went car shopping...this is an interesting way to take a test-drive |
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Starting down another power line |
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We turned off the power line and headed down a small forest trail. |
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This gives an idea of how deep the snow was...had to be 5 feet |
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Chris and his snowmobile decided to lay down for a rest |
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The "Mother of all Stucks" |
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As we got further down the forest road, the snow got deeper and deeper and the road had huge ruts under the snow. We all got stuck in what had to be 6 - 7 feet of snow. This is Jon's stuck sled. |
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Here is Dave's stuck. The snow bank in the background gives some perspective of the snow depth. |
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We honestly weren't sure if we could get these out. Fortunately there was another group of 5 guys behind us who helped...they saved us from possibly having to walk out and leave our sleds. |
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After we got out safe and sound we had Pizza for dinner. |
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