Silver Lake, MI Oct 11, 2008

Waiting in line to enter the park.
Chad and Fred leading the pack.
Sean doing donuts.
Scott jumping.
Jana trying to jump.

The little blaster that could definitely not make it up the Test Hill.
What happens when Sean isn't paying attention to what Jana is doing.
Our adorable little cottage.

Fw: RE: Silver Lake Oct. 3rd 4th 5th

From: Larry Pilon Subject: RE: Silver Lake Oct. 3rd 4th 5th Yo Silver Lake crew, Due to over whelming demand we are being forced to schedule a trip to our favorite sand box. The new crew members only had a taste of cat box size sand pits and now want more! So far the first weekend of October looks good for half of us. Calling all Silver Lake riding veterans Chad , Greg, and Fred, please let me know first if you are interested. Second, see if the first weekend of October is open for you. Third, what the hell will Greg be riding?!?!? Chad can you also forward the map to our new camp ground? The new camp ground is very close to a pond where you can fish if you would like. That is where Chad caught Greg, but he was too small and had to throw him back in. He maybe a keeper this year! Also feel free to invite anyone that maybe interested. Silver Lake Websites http://www.thinkdunes.com/ http://www.silverlakesanddunes.net/

Atlanta, MI - July 26th Recap Day 2

Day 2, started out at the DNR site, here are the guys getting ready:
Jana all set:

Taking a break:
Having fun:

Atlanta, MI - July 26th Recap Day 1

We drove up Friday night and stayed here:

We woke up bright and early the next day (had a great breakfast in town - forgot the name, Nettie's place??)
We started out at the DNR parking but decided to look for something more in the middle of the trails:

We drove on some ATV routes as well as some really tight trails. We had a few mishaps in the trails:

Here's were we stopped for lunch:
Sean and Scott were practicing their wheelies!! That is Sean on his back:

Jana practicing her power slides:
Oops Scott found some deep water and mud!

Atlanta, MI - July 26th

We are driving up Friday night and staying near Atlanta..Riding in Atlanta Saturday... staying somewhere Saturday night... riding early Sunday and then heading home.

Yikes, it's been over 3 mos since my last ride....here we come? Are you game???

A MTR Mention on the Simpsons

The Mounds in Mount Morris, May 17, 2008

We have no pictures from today but it was a fun day. We started out really early and arrived at the park around 930am. It was already getting full. The weather was beautiful...unlike they forecasted...

An hour later we were taking Scott (his first time here) around some high technical area, when another group of riders turned the corner at the same time as us... with the path only a foot or so wider than the Big Bear, there wasn't a whole lot of room for us to go.

I was leading, so of course I got hit. Not by one but two of their riders.... wheels were up in the air, rims were bent, and the steering on the big bear is slightly off now, but no one was hurt. Luckily. Everyone was pretty apologetic...but secretly I blame them...

The park was really dry, in fact we've never seen it so dry before. But we did manage to come across two of the muddiest places in the park.

First, since I'm on the Big Bear, I get to go first at a water passing. I came to one I thought was just bit too mysterious, so I turned around and took off another way. Apparently Scott had other plans and buried the Suzuki in the water pretty good. I came back and found him standing on his machine. We tried to pull him out going forward and successfully succeeded in burying the Big Bear (with 4 wheel drive). I blame it all on Sean's bad directions. We pulled the Big Bear out with the Outlaw and then went around and pulled the Suzuki out backwards with the Big Bear. And found another way across.

The second muddy place we found was here: (but with out the trucks).

A bunch of ATV's were testing their skills at crossing it. Although already knowing this was a bad idea, I listened to Sean and attempting to cross. I got about 3/4 of the way through muddy soupy mess and the Big Bear once again got stuck. A guy with a winch came over and helped my out. Suggested I get my own winch.... Sean???

We got everything loaded and home before the rain actually came=a semi-successful day!!

How was your weekend??