BBQ and Ride at the Mounds

The club is going to have its official gathering of the Summer this Sunday, June 13, 2010. Bring a dish and whatever you want to bbq. We'll bring the grill. Who's all in?

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??

The Mounds in Mount Morris, MI Oct 28, 2007

Just a little wet and a little cold.... Everyone got ponchos!!
Unloading

The Mounds in Mount Morris, MI Oct 21, 2007

Our first trip to the Mounds (ok Larry and Sean have been there before) was fun and very muddy. The weather was beautiful!! The park was so full, we parked in the overflow lot. Sean helping a stuck Jeep. Go four wheel drive!!!!
Hmmm... He's not getting out any time soon!!
Did I mention it was muddy???? Go Dan!!!