6 new inches of fluffy lake effect over night here in Frederic, sure makes it look good but remember its still icy underneath. 13 trailers at the Ramada this morning and still only 1 at days inn. Its 24 degrees out and still snowing. I think its going to be a busy weekend as the phone has been ringing steady. Sled traffic is fair with quite a few riders in here already this morning. I left home at 6:30 to do my plowing. Thank goodness this week was a good time to be getting the plow fixed. Turns out the main cable to the motor wore thru and that’s why the plow didn’t work. Heard from Patti up in the U.P. at the Clark Motel in Strongs and she said they had a foot of new snow overnight. Remember if you are heading for the u.p. to go see Patti and Andy as their motel is a great place to stay. I have riders coming to my rental cottage to for this weekend but if any of you want to come up and stay look it up at the top of this page under Wayside Inn Cottage or on facebook. I heard from a guy two days ago that had his F 1000 (2007) off of Kenyon Trail up near waters. They had hit a tree and went to get their truck and by the time they got back it was gone. If you see or know of a cat f 1000 getting parted out let me know. Also heard from Karl from Jordan Valley and his note is below here.My name is Karl I’m the Vice President of the Jordan Valley Trails Council. I was told by a few people to get in touch with you as you keep up really well on the trails over in your neck of the woods. As I’m sure you’ve heard Gaylord is down a groomer since winter started and as of last week I worked out a deal with the DNR that we would attempt to maintain their end of Trail 4 until their machine gets back. I sent a guy out in the groomer early early Friday am who worked for 15 hours to get Trail 4 into rideable condition all except for the hills on Mancelona Road. We’ve now groomed it twice so people should find it in WAY better condition than it was in the beginning of the year. Granted we lost a ton of snow and until they get a machine back we will do our best to keep up on their section of trails as well as the 80+ miles we maintain. If you have any further questions please don’t hesitate to contact me, but thought you could be a good avenue to let people know what’s going on.
Thank you!
Karl Davenport
JVTC Vice President and Trail Master, Pisten Bully Groomer (Mancelona) That’s it for today. Please ride safely and thanks for checking in. Pete
my new park & ride sign behind Sledheads
got my alley sign back up
Sleds in on thursday
