thats neat! how much do one of those run you?
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Ok, now before you throw up, think about this. It is kinda' like a TW... it has a big fat chunk of rubber out back. It was designed and built to explore off the beaten path. It never fails to put a smile on my face. It has lead to new friendships.
Since I had been posting pics of our weekend rides..... I thought I'd post some from our last two weekends that we spent in McCall ID. Ya'll folks in Idaho have a beautiful state and it seems to be full of really nice people!! Thanks!
Jim and Nancy, from Emida. If your in the area, stop in to thier cafe and tell 'em I said Hi! They are super folks.
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My Wife D. Still following me through silly adventures........... (and making it look easy!)
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If you find yourself in McCall and want to stay at a FANTASTIC place, I've already found it for you. Bear Creek Lodge. Mike, Belinda and Tim are masters at making you feel right at home, comfortable and will make sure your time there is awesome. There is access to hundreds of miles of forest roads and areas to explore right from the lodge property.
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This weekend we will be back on the sleds locally.
Thanks for your indulgance, I know it's a little differant......
Bag
Since I had been posting pics of our weekend rides..... I thought I'd post some from our last two weekends that we spent in McCall ID. Ya'll folks in Idaho have a beautiful state and it seems to be full of really nice people!! Thanks!
Jim and Nancy, from Emida. If your in the area, stop in to thier cafe and tell 'em I said Hi! They are super folks.
My Wife D. Still following me through silly adventures........... (and making it look easy!)
If you find yourself in McCall and want to stay at a FANTASTIC place, I've already found it for you. Bear Creek Lodge. Mike, Belinda and Tim are masters at making you feel right at home, comfortable and will make sure your time there is awesome. There is access to hundreds of miles of forest roads and areas to explore right from the lodge property.
This weekend we will be back on the sleds locally.
Thanks for your indulgance, I know it's a little differant......
Bag
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Hey Bagger!
I suspect if you took a poll of the Forum members you would find you are in good company! We ride sleds too. My brother lives in Lewiston, so McCall is about half way for each of us. We ride there quite a bit. The cool thing about the sleds is that they give you about the most freedom you can get from a motor vehicle since you can travel cross country in a lot of areas and do it legally!
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I know what you mean about the folks at Bear Creek Lodge. They are fantastic! They host the annual Snowmobile Fun Run during Snow Carnival. It is a fund raiser for the McCall Snowmobile Club. We attend every year to do our part to support the grooming program there.
We'll keep an eye out for you if you come back this way. In the mean time remember: If it has a motor and gets you out and about, it can't be a bad thing!
jonjon,
The sleds are like bikes: You can buy older ones for under $1000 and fix them up, or spend up to $15000+ on a new one! If you really want a thrill (and have LOTS of money!!!) you can get a turbo put on a sled and have about 300 horsepower at your thumb. With a machine that weighs under 500 lbs, if you add a light rider (not like me!) you can get about a 2.5 lbs per horsepower ride. Makes for a wild ride if you peg the throttle! If you want a idea what it looks like check out 208 Films or Team Thunderstruck. They have a bunch of stuff posted on the web and sell some amazing videos.
Here is a picture from last season . Hope the link works! http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10371799/Powder Play.JPG
Keep ridin..........
Ken
I suspect if you took a poll of the Forum members you would find you are in good company! We ride sleds too. My brother lives in Lewiston, so McCall is about half way for each of us. We ride there quite a bit. The cool thing about the sleds is that they give you about the most freedom you can get from a motor vehicle since you can travel cross country in a lot of areas and do it legally!
We'll keep an eye out for you if you come back this way. In the mean time remember: If it has a motor and gets you out and about, it can't be a bad thing!
jonjon,
The sleds are like bikes: You can buy older ones for under $1000 and fix them up, or spend up to $15000+ on a new one! If you really want a thrill (and have LOTS of money!!!) you can get a turbo put on a sled and have about 300 horsepower at your thumb. With a machine that weighs under 500 lbs, if you add a light rider (not like me!) you can get about a 2.5 lbs per horsepower ride. Makes for a wild ride if you peg the throttle! If you want a idea what it looks like check out 208 Films or Team Thunderstruck. They have a bunch of stuff posted on the web and sell some amazing videos.
Here is a picture from last season . Hope the link works! http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10371799/Powder Play.JPG
Keep ridin..........
Ken
Here's my substitute TW.... and it's the right color too
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Well, glad to see that folks didn't mind the 'alt tw' too much. We just love anything with a motor...... exspecially if you use body english more than steering to get around.
That's a nice looking Yami Wolf, looks fast!
Roadie, we were there a weekend or two after the winter carnival, sounded like a blast. And Yes, BCL is fantastic. Did you know Tim fell off a ladder here a few weeks ago and broke his wrist? If you talk to him, don't believe a word of that crazy damn story, I wasn't even in Idaho when it happened!!
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Cuzzin, I grew up in IL. Right in the flood zone, just across the river from Burlington IA. Was a pretty good place to grow up!
Admiral, we're thinkin' 'bout a road trip with the TW's to McCall this summer/fall... maybe we could meet up there ?!?
MGA, thanks, I can't adaquatly express to you how great BCL is, and it's the folks that make it awesome.
Jonjon, if you divide the cost by the smiles, WooHoo's inside your helmet and all the INCREDIBLE times.... they are FREE !! Pure freedom, and come spring all trace of us being there dissapears.... Priceless!!
Here's a pic from our last ride where things didn't go quite like I thought they were gonna!!
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Thanks for indulging me everyone!
Bag
That's a nice looking Yami Wolf, looks fast!
Roadie, we were there a weekend or two after the winter carnival, sounded like a blast. And Yes, BCL is fantastic. Did you know Tim fell off a ladder here a few weeks ago and broke his wrist? If you talk to him, don't believe a word of that crazy damn story, I wasn't even in Idaho when it happened!!
Cuzzin, I grew up in IL. Right in the flood zone, just across the river from Burlington IA. Was a pretty good place to grow up!
Admiral, we're thinkin' 'bout a road trip with the TW's to McCall this summer/fall... maybe we could meet up there ?!?
MGA, thanks, I can't adaquatly express to you how great BCL is, and it's the folks that make it awesome.
Jonjon, if you divide the cost by the smiles, WooHoo's inside your helmet and all the INCREDIBLE times.... they are FREE !! Pure freedom, and come spring all trace of us being there dissapears.... Priceless!!
Here's a pic from our last ride where things didn't go quite like I thought they were gonna!!
Thanks for indulging me everyone!
Bag
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