Archive for 'Presidents Message'

As I write this, there’s six inches of fresh power on the deck at the cottage with more expected tonight, Not a bad way to get in the snowmobiling mood.

With most of the hard work this fall behind us, it’s time to get ready for our clubs’ twenty seventh riding season. We have fourteen rides for your enjoyment this season, I can’t remember the last time we had such a ...

With the fall season winding down and winter fast approaching, we look to the start off a busy 2011/2012 snowmobile season and our twenty seventh year. The club is fiscally sound; new memberships are up, and all of our paper work has been properly filed with the state. All-in-all this is a very positive way to start the season.
The ride coordinators have been taking on the difficult task of ...

Summer seems to always take it’s time to arrive, then quicker than you can blink an eye its Labor Day and summer is coming to a close. This summer provided lots of heat and I suspect many of us spent time, boating, atv riding, camping, swimming, or just trying to stay cool. The summer’s heat and activities are coming to an end which always leads us to our annual family picnic at Pontiac State Park in Waterford. It was wonderful ...

Can someone please tell me where our snowmobile season has gone; I swear it seemed it was just last week when I was running down my favorite trail at the cottage while enjoying a few pops and laughs with some fellow members. The season usually starts with us waiting and waiting for the snow to fall, and as soon as it comes it seems to disappear, leaving us wanting more and more. Many of us just wanted one more weekend ...

It always seems to amaze me how short our snowmobile season really is, it was only weeks ago I was commenting of our shakedown ride, now March is around the corner and were nearing the end of our season.

At the beginning of the season the snow gods where not very good to us, several of the clubs rides were canceled due to lack of snow and poor riding conditions. But Snomads are resilient; we were still able to get ...

Id Like to thank the members that volunteered their time and energy over the last few months helping with everything that was needed. I (we) really appreciate it. With most of the hard work out of the way, the snowmobile season has finally arrived with a bang. The Shakedown ride was canceled, it was a week early it seems. The snow started building afterwards, with winter storm warnings in many of the LES areas. Many members had to find ...

Ok then, I’ve completed the preseason check list, greased both front and rear suspensions, topped off all the fluids, and warmed up the engine. The only thing left now is to sit back and wait for the weather get cold and the first flakes to fall. With the Shakedown ride just weeks away, many of us are turning our attention to our favorite weather sites. For me, this is the hardest time of the year, waiting for December 1st. At ...

Well, as the weeks have past since our annual general membership meeting in September, I’m still overwhelmed being elected as our clubs sixth president. It’s an honor and privilege to be elected by YOU the general membership. One can only hope he can up hold the aims and goals of our founding club members, and its past presidents. There are so many things that need to be done, my ...

December 16th, 2009

Yeehaa. That’s the only way to describe my excitement as I look at the winter storm forecast while making last minute preparations for the Shakedown Ride. The moment us snowmobile enthusiasts wait for all summer and fall is about to arrive and I’m relieved that I still feel just as giddy about the first big storm of the year as I did 40 some years ago. It means I’m ...

December 16th, 2009

The nights are starting to dip below the freezing mark, the first flurries of the year have been spotted and before you know it, the brown landscape will be covered with a soft, deep blanket of white gold. White Gold, you ask? That’s right. It wasn’t too many years ago that most up north resorts, lodges and restaurants would close their doors after deer season or even Labor Day ...