Here's the first of what will probably be many pics posted from the SW ride.

haha..alot of yellow in that pic :p

Flower Picker running the open water east of Redstone L.

The usual suspects @ the raffle.

DPaige, LadyK, Permafrost, idooski, idooski's better half :D & thumbdoctor.

Keep em coming!

Tony Soprano helping Lori Behnke (MXZ7's wife) draw a ticket during the raffle.

Paul Yarek spreading the wealth around. The big guy keeping a eye on Paul is Pete Behnke (MXZ7) Lori is amazed @ all the Monopoly money Paul carries around.

Stopped on the powerline heading to Whitney.

DPaige, his buddy Frank, Sue Ann Derry, Charlene St. Louis (BellevilleMXZ's wife) & MikeD.

cool pics looks like u had a good time! :p
we got rain here.... :devil: :cussing: :cussing:

This is a compromising Pic of the Dave's(BellevilleMXZ) wife,

That's all I am posting for now.

Honestly, I had the chance to ride with some of the nicest people I have ever met this weekend.

Dave and Charlene, Mike and Sue Ann, and Revrnd the day was great,

I'm heading to bed right now but I'll post a full update tomorrow.

DP

:p

Pictures look great sounds like everyone had a great time. Little to much yellow there though. :D

The saturday group ride looked like 15 ski doos kidnapped a couple of polaris's

It was a sea of yellow in the haliburton highlands.

I really wish I had my helmet cam running for that day. Permafrost and CrazyB were running point and I spent the day as the SW sheepdog, making sure our flock stayed together, anyone that complains about the power or fuel milage of the Ski Doo SDI is doing something wrong because I rode probably 1 1/2 times the milage that everyone else did, going back and forth to round up strays and I was always about $3-5 cheaper on fuel than the non-SDI sleds. That 600 mill did not see the low side of 8000rpm once on any lake as I was riding off the marked trail in the slush and deep snow. I am very impressed with this sled.

I think we should have given awards to the ladies in the group, these girls can ride.

Jacqui583: Hotrod Babe, I kept hearing this exhaust creeping up on me when I would get to mid-pack and slow down slightly, every time i looked over it was Jacqui going by me at 90+mph I understand why, Jeff, or Trailblazer has a throttle like a lightswitch and apparently the off setting is broken, this is one fast couple.

LadyK gets the "I don't know where the hell I am going" award for leading the whole group into the wrong bay. The 800 'Gade sure moves cause no one could reel her in.

Fastest sled easily goes to Brian(MXZWFO) Keith(Idooski) wasn't revealing his true capabilities, apparently his riding style makes Donna(Mrs. Idooski) nervous.

MikeD and his wife SueAnn were up for an award until the potato comments started.

My favorite part of the weekend was following Dave St. Louis to Algonquin lodge on Sunday, this guy can ride.

The Hard Charger/MVP award for the weekend has to go to Dave's wife, Charlene St. Louis.

After 2 crashes, a bent trailing arm and enough slush to fill a quikymart she beat that 440 fan to death and kept up with us all day long.

Thank you to everyone for an amazing weekend, I can't wait until next year.

More pics!!! Come on people! Get those pics off dem cameras and on the net!! SWRules

Well I'm back at work now (back to reality!) but WHAT AN AWESOME WEEKEND!

Trailblazer and I got up there early Friday morning after driving through the night and after a nice breakfast we headed out for an all-day ride. There was a light snowfall happening with the temps hovering around the freezing point and the trails were in great shape. We saw lots of other sleds on the trails and wondered at each one, "is that someone from SW?" We headed back to the Pinestone in time for the "meet and greet" where we finally got to put faces to so many of the names on here. What a great group of people! We had an early night because we'd been up for two days straight, so someone else will have to report on the late night activities.

We all met up for the big ride at 9:00 on Saturday morning. There were several groups formed to accommodate people's riding style with some shorter loops planned and some longer ones. There was about 18 of us in our group. Perm, DPaige and CrazyB did an incredible job guiding our group. It was a great mix of running the tight twisties through the bush and screaming across the lakes. The lakes were a little slushy in spots and the trails were getting pretty choppy by the end of the day which kept it challenging! We made amazing time heading back to the resort after lunch when you consider that we had 18 sleds to keep an eye on while riding good and hard, which to me just speaks to the riding ability of everyone in our group. We had dropped to the back of the pack after dusk and I'll never forget the sight of seeing tail lights as far as you can see snaking through the trails as we blasted our way through the power lines; it really was incredible.

Back at the resort we joined up for the raffle for Autism, the can drive and some amazing camaraderie. I have some great memories from this weekend that I'll treasure for a long time to come. LadyK and Perm are every bit as awesome in person as they are on this site; DPaige and his colour commentary; MikeD and his war stories that had us all splitting a gut; Wolfman running open water on that 380 fan; and on and on.

The only disappointment about the whole weekend is that we'll probably have to wait until next year to be able to ride with most of these awesome people again!

Originally posted by dpaige@Feb 23 2004, 01:26 PM

II think we should have given awards to the ladies in the group, these girls can ride.

Fastest sled easily goes to Brian(MXZWFO)

MikeD and his wife Sue an were up for an award until the potato comments started.

My favorite part of the weekend was following Dave St. Louis to Algonquin lodge on Sunday, this guy can ride.

The Hard Charger/MVP award for the weekend has to go to Dave's wife, Charlene St. Louis.

After 2 crashes, a bent trailing arm and enough slush to fill a quikymart she beat that 440 fan to death and kept up with us all day long.


Yeah it was quite an adventure!! That ole fan 440 is tougher than I thought!!! :dazed:

And yeah, was a good run to Algonquin lodge, nothin like a little snowcross action to get things goin :thumbsup:

Sunday was by far the greatest

jacqui583: A little slushy???? Your kidding right? :dazed:

Originally posted by jacqui583@Feb 23 2004, 01:36 PM
DPaige, thanks for the flattering report! :blush: :inlove:

Make sure you check out my report;

http://www.snowmobileworld.com/forum/index...showtopic=37155

It was great hooking up; hopefully we'll do this again next year.
Hi! Jacqui583 I tried your link, but keep getting an error???


Nice pics and good stories :) keep them coming SWRules

try this zoomThis Here (http://www.snowmobileworld.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=37155)

Looks like a good time and great weather!

Originally posted by cooley@Feb 23 2004, 03:10 PM
try this zoomThis Here (http://www.snowmobileworld.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=37155)
Thank you that worked.

What was the taly? how many showed up for the ride?

I am saving my money now for the next ride.

Big race???

Did I miss something??

This is Saturday morning coming onto Eagle Lake

This is my swimming Renegade

The Doctor was OUT

Out at Pinestone, Out on the lake, Out to Dorset and Out enjoying our sport with a really terrific bunch of enthusiasts. Arrived Friday Night at the bar (Apres Sleddin) to put a face to all the handles in here. Thanks to 800XRev (Scott & Monique) for doing a great job on the t-shirt front and MCing the get together. I tagged along with Team Idooski for the rides and they were kind enough to go real slow so this ole fart could keep up LOL. Here is Team Idooski's pit area before take off Saturday. We Made about 150 miles that day.

Here is another pic from Dorset. :cool:

Had a great time meeting everyone, and can't wait to get together again for another ride. :D

Just Kidding !

That's a shot of the Ski Doo / Blair Morgan team support trailers I met on the way to Pinestone. I invited them to come with us but they said they had places to go. This is the real Team Idooski's pits.

:D

Well I definitely echo Jacqui's comments on the weekend.
We talked most of the 5-6 hour drive home about the many memories that'll be with us forever. One that Jacqui forgot to mention in her post.
CrazyB's out take of "West Side Story." He'll never convince any of us fortunate enough to witness his rendition that he didn't practice for hours in front of a mirror. :D BTW-We know you're lurking and reading these.

The many funny comments flying back and forth all weekend were hilarious.
My cheeks are still sore from laughing.

LadyK, Perm, Dpaige, and any others that contributed to organizing this great gathering, words can never express our gratitude.

DPaige, Did you go back to Dorset?
BTW-I love your new signature, Pinestone Sheepdog.
How apropriate. :D

Andy Dragon and Flower Picker. It was nice seeing you two again. Hope to bump into you two again some time soon. :D

800XRev and "The World Famous Monique," thanks for getting the awesome Pinestone Ride T shirts made up. I hope you get them all sold.
I also hope you get things straightened out with Pinestone to your satisfaction.
Sorry to hear things didn't work out for you.
I must say that Jacqui and I had absolutely no problems with the resort or their excellent, friendly, courteous and professional staff.
Monique, I hope your wrist heals up real quick. I hear you were lucky to have Thumbdoctor there to come to your rescue.

To all those that contributed to the Autism Fundraising Raffle, Thanks. We raised $444 for an excellent cause and received some great prizes to take home with us.
Thanks to Paul Yarek and Pete Behnke who did an excellent and entertaining job distributing the goodies.

Here's a pic of Jacqui and I on our Friday ride.

Jeff

Jeff,

that was my buddy frank that did the west side story freak show at Kennisis.

I am still troubled by it.

Here is a pic that Renee took :cool: w00t

Just made it home! 12+ hours of riding from all that beautiful snow, to 50 deg. F. temps and sprinkles. Deb and I want to thank everybody for thier hospitality, and we will return to ride again. I will have some pics also to post as soon as I can.

Thanks again!
Brian

Originally posted by dpaige@Feb 23 2004, 06:46 PM
Jeff,

that was my buddy frank that did the west side story freak show at Kennisis.

I am still troubled by it.
LMFAO!!!!!! I forgot about that!!!!!!!! hehehehehehehehhehha! I am still laughing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My helmet is off to the female contingency of our group, I'd be proud to enduro race with those gals any time!. I had a gas keepin up the back of team Idooski and a big thanks goes to Lady K, Permafrost and CrazyB for leading us out of harms way and along some of the greatest back country sleddin I've done in years. Sheep Dog is a fitting name for Donovan (DPaige) for keeping the lost flocks on track and demonstrating his fearless use of H2o. I declined from the water hazard as it would be too funny explaining to my insurance adjuster that I voluntarily went in the drink in full view of some 200 witnesses. I'd probably stall & sink !!!. Here is day 2 at the pits. I'm sure Idooski's gang will have lots more photos when they get home tonight. I left my clunky camera behind to save weight of these aerobic rides and aerobic drinking exercises after.

MikeD

I hope you don't mind me posting your picture of Dpaige (The thorn)
between Jacqui and Lady K (two roses) :D

You had some awesome pics there. So did others.
If you want me to post any that were downloaded on to my laptop on Saturday night, please let me know.

Sorry for the wrong identity Dpaige and Crazy B. Thanks for correcting me.
SO MANY PEEPS, SO FEW MEMORY CELLS LEFT!!!!! AAAaaaaahhhhh!!!

Jeff

Originally posted by powder@Feb 23 2004, 04:46 PM
i'm glad that some people enjoyed the big race.............i didn't !!!
I hear you on the big "Delta Pinestone Race" ..... to Dorset .... the only nice trails we saw was after we left.. and did are own ride ..

Originally posted by mxzwfo@Feb 23 2004, 07:50 PM
12+ hours of riding from all that beautiful snow, to 50 deg. F. temps and sprinkles.
The next time someone from this neck of the woods drives 12 hours to Indy it'll be 90* & the sprinkles will be the humidity. Good to see you guys again & hope to see you in August.

Thanks to everyone who atributed to the fundraiser.
I hope all had a great time.
Other than the room crap we had to deal with we still had fun, after our fighting.LOL
The Assisant manger from Pinestone called me back today askin us back to give them a second chance for free to boot.
I declined, I still have issues with the damage to my trailer to deal with from theier plow truck.

It was great to meet everyone , we hope to be able to ride with you all again.
Scott and Monique

PS DP Monique is askin for her lapdance now.

Originally posted by BellevilleMXZ@Feb 23 2004, 01:54 PM
jacqui583: A little slushy???? Your kidding right? :dazed:
What?! Trailblazer, Andy Dragon and I only broke through the back half of our sleds but managed to stay afloat. w00t Why, did someone else go through? :sarcasm:

Yeah, I know, there was about a foot of slush there, but wasn't it fun? :D

:D :D :D Thank`s for the ride it was a pleasure meeting you all
I don`t care what anybody say`s SW people are alright :wink:

I just wanted to add my thanks to those who did an awesome job organizing this ride. I had an awesome time riding and meeting everyone. I also wanted to thank those who sponsored all the great prizes for the raffle. I'm looking forward to watching Sled Ed tonight. Our room was good and the housekeeping staff and Pinestone staff were great. Especially our wait staff last night at dinner. Kim and Jeff, I know I've said this before, but I really loved yesterday's ride. It was the best riding I've ever done and you guys are lucky to live in such a beautiful and diverse riding area.

It was great to see Jacqui and Jeff again. We'll have to do a ride together real soon.

Scot and Monique, I'm so sorry that your holiday sucked. I know how much you were looking forward to the ride.

Steve, Brian et al, I'm sorry that you guys were disappointed too. Saturday was fun with you all, as always. You guys always know how to have fun on the trails and the hot chocolate was delicious!!

Crazy B..I hope that your chaffed bum heals in time for the next ride. Remember to carry a bottle of baby powder around in your sled for emergency purposes!

MikeD..I was still chuckling on the way home over your story. Your poor wife! LOL Just remember that tonight you'll have a good night's sleep. :)

Thanks everyone for a great weekend and I can't wait until the next time we have a group ride.

Renee
Flower Picker

Powder,

We split into 2 groups for this Very reason.


I asked everyone how they wanted to ride and offered to lead the faster group to Dorset.

I can assure you that NO ONE, and I MEAN NO ONE was left behind in Our group.

I rode nearly twice as many miles as everyone else in our group for this very reason, I wasn't letting anyone stay behind or break down without help.

Our whole group was this way, Trailblazer came with me to look for 1 group that fell behind and others did the same throughout the day

Permafrost, CrazyB and I kept asking if the pace was OK and everyone agreed.

If you had problems, we are all sorry, but don't blame us for them.

DP

Originally posted by trailblazer@Feb 23 2004, 06:58 PM
MikeD

I hope you don't mind me posting your picture of Dpaige (The thorn)
between Jacqui and Lady K (two roses) :D

You had some awesome pics there. So did others.
If you want me to post any that were downloaded on to my laptop on Saturday night, please let me know.

Sorry for the wrong identity Dpaige and Crazy B. Thanks for correcting me.
SO MANY PEEPS, SO FEW MEMORY CELLS LEFT!!!!! AAAaaaaahhhhh!!!

Jeff
YEAH BABY,


WHO DA MAN!!!!!!

WOW
That was a great weekend. :D
Everyone was great, friendly and helpful.
Nice people who all love the sport
Can't say that about all the people we met on the trails
To my riding partners for the weekend I want to say a big thanks. You guys were great for taking this rookie in under your wing.
We covered a lot of beautiful country
It was great seeing so many Americans up here enjoying themselves and our Canadian beef. How about giving George a call and telling him how good it is
Paul and Lori, I hope your fear of water doesn't extend to personal Hygiene :p

Thanks to ALL SWRules
James

pics to follow

Originally posted by powder@Feb 23 2004, 08:35 PM
i wasn't told what group i was in or who i should follow so it was very confusing at the start of the ride.plus one of our friends broke down in the parking lot :cussing: which sucked for them.then another one of our friends broke down in the middle of one of the lakes :cussing: :( i just wanted to meet some new people and it just didn't happen.why was there not a general meeting area like a trail junction or food stop so that i could socialize with all the new faces i saw on friday night?what was the big hurry?
We weren't told ahead of time either whom to ride with, so we went over to where everyone was congregating and asked what the lineup was. Then we made our choice of who we wanted to ride with based on our riding style.

While I agree that socializing is a fun part of meeting everyone, frankly we were there to ride. I can't speak for anyone else, but Trailblazer and I figured we would be socializing in the evening after the ride, and we wanted to as they say "make hay while the sun shines".

We're sorry about your bad experience; hopefully you won't write off next year because of it.

Powder,

There was no hurry,

Some of us here probably have significantly more riding experience that you do and were interested in riding at a brisk pace.

We had a 440cc fan cooled sled that kept up just fine so the pace was not that fast by any stretch.

Your "STOPTIONAL" picture to me means that you are saying that we were riding unsafe, and I take this as a personal insult on myself and everyone else in the group I was leading.

There were 17 of us and I am sure you can ask any one of them and they will tell you that My concern, and the concern of everyone else in the group was safety at all times.

Everyone has bad days, usually bad things happen to me.

Please do not discourage or mislead anyone that was not there by posting inaccurate information.

DP

ooooooh the drama! :dazed:

We will have to come up with a 10 best of our Pinestone experience.
Best Cupcakes ~ LadyK
Best raffle MC ~ The lovely Paul Yarek
Best trails ~ Paudash
Best bird dog ~ DPaige
Best anecdotes ~ CrazyB
etc etc etc

I believe after hearing Brian's fuel consumption on his rocket. WFO stands for "Works For Oil-company". Parting is such sweet sorrow. I'm happy to say the only injuries were a trailing arm, a couple of belts and some pride. Next time we set out for the lake, I'll have a bilge pump installed !

Here is Dp on the water at Dorset. w00t

Apparently when I ordered my X Package renegade they installed the Sea Doo package as well

I too am sorry to hear of your experience Powder and Thumper.

Here's a pic of the raffle prize table.

Well any ways .... Thanks Kim for what ya did it was great other then the ride saturday morning we just expected trail riding you guys have beautiful country s@#*
year for snow ... and the pinestone is a super place thanks

Here's Jacqui on her trusty steed.

Great trails. Great snow. Great times.

Jeff

Originally posted by trailblazer@Feb 23 2004, 08:09 PM
Here's Jacqui on her trusty steed.


There it is,

The Maroon Missle!

I think someone forgot to tell that 583 is not a 700

Here's a pit stop at Kenesis Lake Marina.

Dpaige looked like he was coming to confiscate the camera.

Jeff

I told you,

Those can be used for identification purposes.

Originally posted by dpaige@Feb 23 2004, 09:11 PM
There it is,

The Maroon Missle!

I think someone forgot to tell that 583 is not a 700
We're both ROTFLOAO.

SHHHHH, It's our little secret.

Jacqui doesn't even know the dealer swapped a 700 in there before she picked it up. :devil:

Goes pretty good though doesn't it?

Just keep your Buddy Frank away from those "HOT" Wonder Woman stickers.

Jeff

Well here's one of Dpaige watering his "tatoes"

See back and forth across his "tatoes" crop.

OK, enough with the Irish jokes,

It won't be too funny when I turn this place into the post office now will it??

I'm always diggin in the dirt for 'tatoes, so I've got lotsa places to bury the bodies!

You're all nuts

Sunday am pre-ride meetings

Here's another at Kenesis Lake Marina.

Paul Y, Jim Frick, Peter MXZ7, Lori (wife of MXZ7)

I think Paul Yarek and I may have been separated at birth.

Maybe that's what that scar is from??

Originally posted by dpaige@Feb 23 2004, 09:41 PM
I think Paul Yarek and I may have been separated at birth.

Maybe that's what that scar is from??
Okay Dpaige, I'll bite. What scar?

The big one on the side of my head, behind my right ear.

Everyone says thats were my siamese twin, bobo the chimp was separated from

I think I look more like an ape than a chimp

Here is anaother pic taken by Renee. SWRules

Here is a group shot in the lounge after a day of riding

Here is another group shot in the lounge. Can you see Tunedbyear having a canadian beer after his ride :D SWRules

Crazy B , Team Renegader carvin it up w00t SWRules

Originally posted by dpaige@Feb 23 2004, 09:41 PM
I think Paul Yarek and I may have been separated at birth.

i think so,,, because we are the same height. :wink:

Originally posted by jacqui583@Feb 23 2004, 08:08 PM
What?!* Yeah, I know, there was about a foot of slush there, but wasn't it fun? :D


No,it wasn't fun. The wifes only does about 30 mph in that stuff, and we got left behind too many times. MikeD, his wife Sue-Ann , and DP were kind enough to hang back so we didn't get lost.And I can't thank them enough :) . Its fun when your at the front of the pack, but not when you get left behind on a slushly lake,in blowing snow, when you have no idea where you are. :( This is in no way your fault Jackie, just making a point. I can honestly say if DP hadn't been there, it would have been a real bad ride, at least for us.He did a SUPER job of keeping an eye on things.

I just went through 6 pages and cant get enough, keep them coming......I feel your pain Powder hope your hole weekend was'nt spoiled.

Originally posted by permafrost@Feb 23 2004, 10:20 PM
Here is another group shot in the lounge. Can you see Tunedbyear having a canadian beer after his ride :D SWRules
Just for the record.

In that picture, I'm simply getting up out of the chair.
I'm not hanging a moon at Scott :ohmy: w00t or passing gas. :ohmy: :dazed: :(

Honestly. :devil:

Jeff

great work Andy, the pictures are fantastic.

Originally posted by Andy Dragon@Feb 23 2004, 11:17 PM
Actually Renee (flowerpicker) gets all the credit for the pictures.
then you tell Renne, those are fantastic and front row center shots.

Great Pics Renee, you got a talent for that

We're helping a guy get unstuck in the slush on Kennisis & she's taking pictures :cussing: :D

She found Wolfman's camera when it fell out of his pocket on one of the portages west of Kennisis. :thumbsup:

HI Guys ... SA and I are back and I finally got a chance to sit down and read all this, I'll post my pics later but for now I just to say what a pleasure the entire week end was. SA and I have NEVER met so many people at one time and "clicked" with them all. What a great group!

I really don't know what my favourite part was but at the end of a week end filled with 450 miles of mixed riding all I can say is ....

my wife didn't crash Friday
my wife didn't crash Saturday
and my wife didn't crash Sunday ..... and I didn't have to ride her "obviously posessed" sled back to base at any time :D To me, that pretty much identifies a perfect week end :thumbsup:

I promise, I'll get around to pics (and my own colourful commentary) shortly ...

Laurie and I had just the best time. Thanks to Paul for letting us crash at his place.

Special thanks to Kim and Jeff for organizing this whole thing.Without them,this would not have happened.

Great to meet all of the attendies.

Jim Fritch and his wife(sorry,forgot her name :undercover: ) did not make the raffle on Saturday night. Instead,they helped out a family that ran out of gas. They did not get back until 1:30 AM. It takes some real class to do what he did! 3 cheers for Jim,shirt off your back kind of guy. I'll ride with you anytime.

I have alot more to say,but its bedtime!!!!!!!!!


Here is a cool pic.......

Pete, that's pretty amazing scenery along the powerline :cool: . Hopefully next year I can make it up that way a check it out @ a more liesurely pace :D I was following either Charlene or Sue Ann at times I think they were pulling me along :tongue: .

I think the last time I was up that way was around '95 or '96 & the logging road was plowed & muddy. :cussing:

Glad you & Laurie enjoyed yourselves in our part of the world. :thumbsup:

Originally posted by revrnd@Feb 23 2004, 11:30 PM

Glad you & Laurie enjoyed yourselves in our part of the world. :thumbsup:


Thanks Kris,beautiful country you have. Great to be a part of it all.

Saturday fuel stop in Dorset


DP is the short one :p

Kim,

It was a lot of fun riding with you and Darrin (always is!) and I'm looking forward to the ride out to the Tomb this weekend. I'll even lend you a tea kettle if you want one :) I'm so sorry about your break down that day but we still had a ton of fun before that happened. I think your sled was just jealous because you were drooling all over mine. hehehe

It would be fun to do a ride here next year. Lots of great trails in this area for those interested.

Talk soon,
Renee

Originally posted by mxz7@Feb 26 2004, 02:59 PM
Saturday fuel stop in Dorset


DP is the short one :p
I don't know what's funnier, all the yellow sleds or identically clad riders. :)

Renee

Sounds like you guys all had a good time, even without DanR and myself. Oh well...those that make the next trip might be a little more fortunate, eh Dan? :cool:

Also..would appreciate if people would label who is in the pics...would like to put some faces to names myself :)

Who is this guy? :D

Lining up on Saturay morning.

Originally posted by mxz7@Feb 26 2004, 12:59 PM
Saturday fuel stop in Dorset


DP is the short one :p
Looks like the SkiDoo Army kidnapped a few unfortunate Polarises... w00t

The event should be renamed to the Bombardier Rally!!
I bet they would sponcer some big bucks!!

This is Charlene (better half of Belleville MXZ) taking in the scenery, apparently riding ON the trail wasn't enough. Here she's doing a little rhubarb picking ......

Paul and James(MeAndMyMxz) trying to firgure out how we got into the Haliburton Forest(without a permit) and how to get back out(without a permit) :undercover:

Here's Dave (BellevilleMXZ) offering to help out ..... he must have said something cuz look at the look from Charlene!!

Here is Laurie peeling off her clothes after a hard ride in the power lines. I will not post the pic I took 3 minutes later w00t w00t :hallo1:

Here is that crazy Taxan Wolfie

Me and the Mrs. this isn't so you know who we are, this is to show you just how bumpy the one section of trail was ..... Sue Anne is 4" taller than me, and you can see in the pic that's no longer true (j/k)

Originally posted by mxz7@Feb 26 2004, 02:16 PM
Here is Laurie peeling off her clothes after a hard ride in the power lines. I will not post the pic I took 3 minutes later w00t w00t :hallo1:
OH PLEASE,,,,, OH PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Apparently potatoes do float ....... here's dp getting in on the water skipping act.

(note: shortly after this photo was taken I was run over, but what a good shot eh?)

ahhhhhh ...... the Irish do throw a good wake!!

MrsD. and the Wolfman ...... if you look at ANY pic of Wolfie he's got that sh.. eating grin on his face, like he's up to something...... hhmmm, I wonder what the Mrs. told him.

Belleville MXZ and Wolfie.

Dave is showing us his signature so we can all use his credit card next time out!!

Check out Wolfie ... that same grin!!

Reverend after his 1st beer (ever) .... someone just told him they would give him a ride home so he wouldn't have to hop home on his 1 snowshoe.

The SW synchronized "leg crossing" team put on a stunning display of precision at Saturdays draw. Jaquie got it right as usual, Kim's timing was a little off so she crossed her fingers instead. Jeff, well he just couldn't get it together so he crossed his ankles. Idooski had it (but lost it) and thumbdoctor was still hungry after practice so he started into the cupcake crumbs still in his shirt.

Oh, what a night we had.

This is what happens when you lend Paul Yarek your camera .... and ask him to get some good "footage"

Paul thought that iof he leaned at the same angle as the paneling ... and made a face like a termite, no one would spot him ....

dpaige (the potatoe with legs) testing his new under arm deodorant ..... under his right arm "Irish Spring" (what else?) and under his left arm ..... nothing.

Lady K is already falling victim to the starch ....

The powerline ride ........ dpaige mounted an intricate assembly of wires to his head so we could get cell reception. That's MrsD to your left, Reverend way at the back and Charlene (the better half of Belleveille MXZ) peeking out from behind the human antenna.

Frank (aka Francis ... dpaige's better half) trying out for a spot in the next Royal Distributing catalogue.

Dave (BellevilleMXZ) writing his name in the snow.
After several failed attempts at BELLEVILLEMXZ (BELLEV, BELLEVI, BE, BELLE, etc)
he wrote "DAVE" and we all clapped.

last one .........

Paul Yarek

hey, look at that time, I guess we better go ..... oh . by the way .. there's not much room at my place so you and Laurie will have to share my bed .. err room. Ya, that's right, room. Well , we better get going.


MXZ7

somebody kill me

Originally posted by MikeD@Feb 26 2004, 01:53 PM
Dave (BellevilleMXZ) writing his name in the snow.
After several failed attempts at BELLEVILLEMXZ (BELLEV, BELLEVI, BE, BELLE, etc)
he wrote "DAVE" and we all clapped.
LMAO...my face hurts....Mike your commentary is priceless w00t

Man, it looks like you all had a good time (well most of you anyway).

Wish I could have been there. Just don't plan next year for the same weekend, and I'll try my best to make it.

Fishie

Originally posted by MikeD@Feb 26 2004, 02:57 PM
last one .........

Paul Yarek

hey, look at that time, I guess we better go ..... oh . by the way .. there's not much room at my place so you and Laurie will have to share my bed .. err room. Ya, that's right, room. Well , we better get going.


MXZ7 somebody kill me
LMAO Mike :p :p :p :p :p :p

Oh my gawd those are TOO FUNNY! MikeD, you should do a standup routine! :D

Originally posted by MikeD@Feb 26 2004, 03:51 PM
Frank (aka Francis ... dpaige's better half) trying out for a spot in the next Royal Distributing catalogue.
Now is it just me or does Frank look like he's ready to break out into another rendition of West Side Story?! :D

Finally getting a chance to chime in here. We had a great time as well, and am sorry to hear about Powder's experiences....but I really don't understand. The ride that was supposed to start at 9 Sat morning, really didn't start for about another hour, so it wasn't like the gang was screaming out of the lodge's parking lot. At any time in the future, I would be happy to ride with every person I met on this trip.

Unfortunately, Deb (there you go Pete, lol) and I did not get to spend as much time with the group as we would have liked to. Our friends, Ken and Ann, and us got up there late Tuesday evening. The next day, we didn't start riding 'til after lunch. We clicked 170 miles that day, and it was the first time our wives had ridden for about 5 years, so they did great. On Haliburton Lake, Ken and I opened it up a little bit; when I got to the other end, I pulled up the top speed on the gps, and there was 103mph....not too bad for just playing around. I thought we would have more opportunities for some lakebed blasts, but never really did.

The next day was spent by the wives in the massage parlor and hottub area. Ken and I spent the day trying to fix/replace my recoil, which broke just as we returned to the lodge the night before. This led us to an interesting local fellow that works on Cats out of his garage, and he was full of stories. He also had a bunch of old sleds.....including one of the original King Cats (70's 4 cyl sled, less than 150 produced I believe) in excellent condition. He had a number of other vintage Cats that are sure to be worth some money...all tucked under covers around his garage. No riding was done this day....it was a recovering time for all of us. We met up with Bryan (Wolfman) too and he hung out in our trailer while trying to put my sled back together.

On the third day, we took off towards Minden...what a mistake. That town is very hard to get around on sled, as you have to go right through downtown, and they don't leave much snow on the streets for the sleds. We ended up eating dinner in Carnorvan (sp?) and worked our way back to the lodge. I believe this was the evening that most of the group met in the lodge's bar. It was great to finally put some faces to the names. That Yarek will keep you in stitches. I met Kris, Paul, Pete, Lauri, DP, Kim, Jeff, James, Mike D, his wife, Crazy B, Scott, Monique, Dave, and prob a few others that I can't quite remember. It was truly a pleasure to meet up with these folks.

On Saturday, the four of us weren't ready in time to leave with the group, so we figured we would meet up with them in Dorset. Ken got stuck in the deep stuff on the lake behind the Pinestone, so they were kinda scared about going on any other lakes. After lunch, they decided to head back to the lodge after trying to cross Little Hawk Lake. Deb and I kept going, and crossed about 4 lakes on the way to Dorset to cut off some time. Low and behold, we came to an intersection and I see Pete, Lauri, Paul, and I think James taking a break. We stopped and chatted for a while, then headed up to Dorset. When going across the last lake before Dorset, I hollared at Deb through the communicators to move the hell over....looked like swarm of yellow bumblebees coming right at us....sure enough, it was the rest of the gang coming back from Dorset. I wanted to turn around then and play along with them, but we also wanted to see Dorset, so we kept going. Got to Dorset and they had a black Doo on the shores, stripped trying to get it running again after going in the drink. After about 45 min, I heard it fire up from inside the bar. About 5 sleds crossed the water (the LONG way DP!!!!) while we were there. That town is pretty neat around the bridge. From there it was all downhill for us.

We had planned to be back at the lodge for the raffle and socialization. About an hour or so south of Dorset, we were at an intersection deciding which way to turn. A group of four sleds pulls up from our left. It's a father, his wife, and two teenage kids, all on their own sleds. He was obviously lost, as he was asking me for directions (shows just how messed up this guy was, LOL). To add to the fun, all 4 of his sleds were on the big E, and we were no where near a gas station. I told him which way I thought we had to go, and he eventually followed. About 5 miles down the trail, one of his runs out. So I had to stop, pull the sled aroudn, go back and help him tie it up for towing. About another 3 miles down the road, another one of his runs out. So now this guy insists on pulling both sleds in tandem behind his 700 (they were all Doo's). It didn't take long to encounter the first little hill and I could just smell his belt melting. One of the tow straps busted, and I was able to talk him into leaving the sleds off the side of the trail, but he insisted on staying out there with the sleds. So I lead my wife (with his daughter riding two up with her), his son, and his wife into town, at a moderate speed to conserve as much fuel as possible. Finally we made it back to Little Hawk Lake, and found a gas pump in the back of a bar/cottage grounds. Filled the sleds and a 5 gallon can up and headed back to the father and his two sleds. Thanks to the gps, I marked where he was down, and from the gas pump, I could see a much shorter route to get back to him using county roads. Put a couple gallons of gas in each of the dead sleds, and headed back to town so they could fill them up too. From there, Deb and I were still about 3 hours away from the lodge, and the trails were showing the wear from a busy Saturday. We finally got back around 1:30 in the morning, and missed the whole raffle.

The next morning (Sunday) we met up with Kim, Jeff, and Crazy B at breakfast, and saw Pete, Lauri, DP, and Paul before they all headed out for a last ride. Wish we could have gone, but we needed to start loading things up for the long ride home. We got into Detroit (where we dropped off the kids with Grandma and Grandpa on the way up) around 9 pm, then left a little after noon the next day for our final leg home. Arrived in sunny southern Illinois around midnight Monday.

It was truely a blast to meet the folks we did. Deb and I are definately up for another Ontario (and SW trip, no matter where it is) trip. We both agree that you Canadians aren't that bad after all, LOL!!! DP, we'll be taking you up on your offer sometime soon.

And hats off to Kim (and Jeff, allthough Kim did all the work, lol) for all the time and effort she put in to this event, only for the name of fun. I know the last week was a tough one for you guys, with getting the sleds back together and your little girl having to visit the dentist. We (speaking for all who attended) really appreciate all your efforts. The Pinestone was an excellent choice for this type of event...the whole staff was very accommodating with any of our requests. The food and people in all the establishments along the way were excellent.

We look forward to the next chance to get together with fellow SW riders. Pete, hopefully we can hook up for the second weekend in March, if the snow permits.

I will post some pics tonight hopefully, if I can get my high speed connection going at home.

Thanks to all we met, it was our pleasure.

Jim, Deb, Ken, and Ann

Now that Sw is back on line, I want to post my rendition of the trip SWRules

It was great to finally meet so many that we have talked to for so long. For the ride we were blessed with snow starting friday and ending early sunday morning.
The ride on saturday was to Dorset then to hunstville and then back to the Pinstone. All in all it was a great ride. There was no blow ups or crashes. Just two blown belts and a wee love tap w00t (Jacqui PM me and I will send you that part)
I didn't hit her ,I just have a spare part for her machine. There was some slushy spots but there was 3.5 feet of ice underneath. The beaten paths on the lakes were good, but off them it was easier to find slush.

We stopped at the end of every lake and did a head count. Dp and I were in communication during the entire ride. So that NOBODY in our group was left behind or lost. If they were lagging a bit behind a Recon team was sent out to find them, within a few minutes. There was 18 sleds in our group so it was a BIT challenging keeping them all together. Considering the size of the group I think it went pretty good.

Team Nimrod was a no show :nimrod: w00t


On Sunday we rode with a smaller group of comparatively matched sleds through the power line to whitney. Had a bit of off trail fun and did a few hill assaults then it was off to Whitney for lunch. Ran into Paul Yarek and his Posse there. Mxz7, Laurie, Me&MyMxz583. Paul prefers to run in a small tight group as not many are able to keep up to the Raw riding power of Paul yarek on his new Rev w00t :undercover: :wink: We arrived back at the pinestone right around dark same as saturday. LadyK got bucked off her gade following me accross a ugly swampy area(off trail). Nobody even noticed, some things are better not seen.

Had a really nice dinner on Sunday night with CrazyB, Andy Dragon, Flower picker. Also got to chat with wolfman, Jim Fritch and Wife, and Tunedbyear.

Had an amazing time and cant wait for next year SWRules

Originally posted by MikeD@Feb 26 2004, 03:53 PM
Dave (BellevilleMXZ) writing his name in the snow.
After several failed attempts at BELLEVILLEMXZ (BELLEV, BELLEVI, BE, BELLE, etc)
he wrote "DAVE" and we all clapped.
:D Wise a$$ Actually I wrote" WELLCOME TO HALIBURTON MY NAME IS DAVE" :p :p :p :p :p

well it looks like you guys all had a great time... its too bad i couldnt make it... mabe next year.. looking good jacquie w00t :wink: :D .... but was this a skidoo run??...hehehe

Oh,and the pics are up, click on the link

OOOOPS! almost forgot 1 ...... here's DP on his sled. 2 things to note ..

1) yes, he's actually standing (it made him feel better, at least this way he was as "tall in the saddle" as the other riders whom, by the way, were sitting)

2) take a look at the sheer size of his lid. when he told us how much it cost we attributed it to the additional fibreglass, resin and hardener that had to be shipped in the fill the size XXXXXXXXXXL order ....... and to the fact that he had to get his own postal code to accept delivery. What a noggin!

First off let me start by thanking eveyone for coming. It was a great ride with a great group of people. Thanks to Tony Soprano (Paul Yarek) and Bill Murray(mxz7) for MCing the raffle :D Thanks to Scott for the awesome tshirts. Thanks to ALL our sponsors. For those of you who brought me prizes please PM me names and snail mail addy so I can send a letter of recognition and thanks. Thanks to all of you who came we raised $444 CAD for autism research and filled a huge box for the local food bank. I received a letter from them today,


Dear Snowmobilers,
On behalf of the board members of the 4c's food bank I want to thank you for your donation of food. this is a great surprise to us and a unique way of gathering canned goods.
we hope you enjoyed your visit in our area and had good snowmobiling, the Delta is a great place to stay.
We always feel so blessed that we can count on our local residents and others to help support the needs of the Food Bank. Toronto should have sharing and giving people like we do up north.

Most Sincerely,
Ave Petch
4C's Food Bank, & Lily Anne, Chairperson, Aveline Petch



Give yourselves a pat on the back you all helped other people as well as had some fun.

Saturday's ride brought back lots of fun memories for me. When I first started riding all riding time was spent in that area dooing runs from Deerhurst as a base on my little ole 500. I," Queen of the Wrong Turn " led us into the wrong bay letting the gade stretch her legs :dazed: But only 1 wrong turn all day :tongue: Went to Huntsville looking for the Golden Griddle at Hidden Valley but it is some weird place now but we ate there anyways. Food was strange :dazed: Not a cheese sandwich in sight :( Stopped and checked out the water skippers in Dorset for a bit and DP decided his track was a little dirty and needed some washing :rolleyes: Then off to hidden valley. The way back was a good ride as the groomer had been around a few of the spots. I stayed back off the first lake for DP while he did some "testing" w00t Then we rode back to Pinestone and to our rooms to shower and get ready for the night. Everyone met up at the pub except for a few sorely missed members. Then off to the confrence room for the raffle. everyone went home with a prize. All our sponsors where very generous and we had lots of great prizes. sunday we rode the trails by my house our usual run when at home the Whitney powerline. :D :D :inlove: We toured through Algonquin Park and had some lunch and met Mr.Yarek, Pete, Laurie & James. While riding through a swamp I got bucked from my trusty steed when I hit a frozen nub, maybe a deadhead? Then headed back to the hotel while the sun set orange and pink on the snow. The day seemed to blow by and end too quickly. Monday we packed up and got ready to head home. I had chaffed bottom too much to ride on Monday :blush: All in all a great ride with some wonderful people. Thanks alot everyone !!! See ya next year SWRules SWRules
LadyK

Thanks for the pics flower picker :D :D

I almost forgot to say what a nice post On thin icemade. I am so glad you had a good time and made the best of a bad situation. Lord knows it has happened to all of us.

Perma,

I'm glad that you liked that photo enough to use as an avatar. It looks great! :)

MikeD,
You need to get into comedy, you really cracked me up with the commentary.

All the photos are great!

Renee

Originally posted by BellevilleMXZ@Feb 24 2004, 12:03 AM


No,it* wasn't fun. The wifes only does about 30 mph in that stuff, and we got left behind too many times. MikeD, his wife Sue-Ann , and DP were kind enough to hang back so we didn't get lost.And I can't thank them enough :) . Its fun when your at the front of the pack, but not when you get left behind on a slushly lake,in blowing snow, when you have no idea where you are. :(* This is in no way your fault Jackie, just making a point. I can honestly say if DP hadn't been there, it would have been a real bad ride, at least for us.He did a SUPER job of keeping an eye on things.
I definitely see your point and we all felt for you all day long. Even more so when we heard some of the other stuff that happened during the day that we didn't witness. We even talked about how parts of the ride had to just suck for some people. My wife, Donna, was furious about all the slush (what a time to have communicators, eh?) until I just told her to pin it and ride it out and she realized what riding on water was all about. I didn't realize just how bad a time you guys were having. We never heard a peep from you until we made it to lunch. If we had known what a hard time you were having, Donna and I, Scott and Teri, and Simon would have gladly ridden back with you and maybe hit some other (less watery) trails. I enjoyed the ride a great deal, but I know how it can be to feel miserable for a ride on the snow. I've been there. I would much rather see you enjoy a ride within your abilities than worry about how much fun I am having.

But I need to stress very strongly that in ANY group that I ride with, no one, and I mean NO ONE ever gets left behind. NEVER!!. Donovan did a huge favor to all by riding shepherd all day Saturday. I'm here to tell you that if he hadn't done it, I would have and will gladly volunteer to do it at any upcoming rides. I do it every weekend. I am the one that takes charge and keeps everyone together. If one persons ride goes sour due to a breakdown, we talk about it and resolve the issue, then we move on or we decide to bag it and all return. No one gets left, no one goes back alone. If the head count is off, then 2 riders go back to see if there is a problem. Not one rider alone. My wife and I have communicators in our helmets and a lot of times she will bring up the rear just so she can tell me if anyone has a problem.

Just wanted to let you know that you weren't alone on the trails.

I sincerely hope that we get to ride with you guys again. Please don't let one bad ride keep you from going to the next. We are definitely looking forward to it. In fact we are thinking about a trip to Wawa before it's over for this year. Any takers?

:nimrod: :nimrod:

Crazy B,

You're welcome!!! you really are a crazy but fun guy! :D

Renee

Originally posted by me&myMXZ583@Feb 24 2004, 12:39 AM
Great Pics Renee, you got a talent for that
Yeah, great pictures baby!!!!

Originally posted by dpaige@Feb 23 2004, 08:19 PM
Powder,

We split into 2 groups for this Very reason.


I asked everyone how they wanted to ride and offered to lead the faster group to Dorset.

I can assure you that NO ONE, and I MEAN NO ONE was left behind in Our group.

I rode nearly twice as many miles as everyone else in our group for this very reason, I wasn't letting anyone stay behind or break down without help.

Our whole group was this way, Trailblazer came with me to look for 1 group that fell behind and others did the same throughout the day

Permafrost, CrazyB and I kept asking if the pace was OK and everyone agreed.

If you had problems, we are all sorry, but don't blame us for them.

DP
awesome, thats the way it should be, thats being a good leader. wish i could have been there sounds like it was lot of fun, dont know how the ol' MX would have made out though. :p


SWRules

Originally posted by permafrost@Feb 26 2004, 07:37 PM
I almost forgot to say what a nice post On thin icemade. I am so glad you had a good time and made the best of a bad situation. Lord knows it has happened to all of us.
AND Perm .... this is the lady that was driving the "Antique" It's not what you ride It's just as long as you are out there...

I've looked at all the posts and photos with great interest. I surely feel that I missed quite the event. It is with regret that I had to back out of this weekends' ride.... There is always next year!! :D

Yes thumper and my point being is that she was not complaining at all unlike a couple others...

Originally posted by idooski@Feb 26 2004, 08:13 PM
I definitely see your point and we all felt for you all day long. Even more so when we heard some of the other stuff that happened during the day that we didn't witness. We even talked about how parts of the ride had to just suck for some people. My wife, Donna, was furious about all the slush (what a time to have communicators, eh?) until I just told her to pin it and ride it out and she realized what riding on water was all about. I didn't realize just how bad a time you guys were having. We never heard a peep from you until we made it to lunch. If we had known what a hard time you were having, Donna and I, Scott and Teri, and Simon would have gladly ridden back with you and maybe hit some other (less watery) trails. I enjoyed the ride a great deal, but I know how it can be to feel miserable for a ride on the snow. I've been there. I would much rather see you enjoy a ride within your abilities than worry about how much fun I am having.


It would have been better if she had something with more power that was the problem. Next year!!

Originally posted by BellevilleMXZ@Feb 24 2004, 04:03 AM


No,it wasn't fun. The wifes only does about 30 mph in that stuff, and we got left behind too many times. MikeD, his wife Sue-Ann , and DP were kind enough to hang back so we didn't get lost.And I can't thank them enough :) . Its fun when your at the front of the pack, but not when you get left behind on a slushly lake,in blowing snow, when you have no idea where you are. :( This is in no way your fault Jackie, just making a point. I can honestly say if DP hadn't been there, it would have been a real bad ride, at least for us.He did a SUPER job of keeping an eye on things.
I know where you're coming from on the slush. I had to slog it with a 380 fan. I got bogged down to 20 mph. Not fun when you're looking at slogging through who knows how deep of slush to get unstuck if you sink. However, I wouldn't trade off that experience, nor write off the ride over the slushy lake. It's an experience point, and I'm a little better rider as a result of it. As for me, I hope that I'll have a better machine for the next time I find myself in that type of situation.

Powder, you guys had the old Formula MX right? Breakdonws are always frustrating. It was my understanding that everything had been taken care of when we continued on. You guys were not out of our minds as we rode on. We all hoped that you guys made it back OK. With as badly as I wanted to have the JD ready for this ride, I can say wholeheartedly that I'm glad that I wasn't able to bring it. With as hard as I ran that 380 to keep up with the big sleds, I truly believe that I would have burned that old thing up, and would have been in the same situation as you guys ended up in had I brought it as originally planned. On this ride, I was very much a follower, and depended on the guides to know where we were going, and how far. When they stopped, I stopped, and when they rode, I rode. When we got seperated on the lake briefly, everyone waited for me to get my bearings straight, and get back with the group.

I believe that the "short and slow" group did not work out as originally planned. I know that we had a tough time finding the trail on the large slushy lake. I know that at the Minden cutoff in the trails, several of the riders in our group broke off there to return back to Pinestone. All I knew of that group was that some were very concerned about the lake running. At the end, we were down to five, and eventually four after CrazyB took off to reunite with Permafrost and the rest. I hadn't originally planned on a 125 mile day on Saturday. I still wouldn't trade it for anything. By the end of that day, I felt that I was a markedly improved rider.

As for the organization, considering the size of the group, IMO, it went very well. It is very difficult to get several large groups set up, and keep everyone in perfect communication as to who is doing what, when and where.

Originally posted by MikeD@Feb 26 2004, 08:28 PM
Belleville MXZ and Wolfie.

Dave is showing us his signature so we can all use his credit card next time out!!

Check out Wolfie ... that same grin!!
Now you know why I hate having my picture taken. I always look horrible in the pictures. :( Any attempt to have a nice smile for a camera leaves me looking like a whacked out used car salesman. You're lucky your camera still works. :D

Wolfman your lucky your camera still works :D

I'm amazed it still works. I thought for sure that it would be damaged with the wetness from the snow. SWRules SWRules

Renee

Rennee you Reved it up :D

I'm surprised that it still works. That old suit is gonna go. I cant have seams just suddenly deciding to open up. I got lucky on the camera. Thanx again Renee for picking it up.

You're more than welcome, Wolfie. I know how devestated I would be to lose my camera out on the trails. I hope that you had a good drive home. It was a pleasure meeting you and riding with you.

Renee

Originally posted by MikeD@Feb 26 2004, 03:44 PM
dpaige (the potatoe with legs) testing his new under arm deodorant ..... under his right arm "Irish Spring" (what else?) and under his left arm ..... nothing.

Lady K is already falling victim to the starch ....
Or do you mean stench? JK DP :D

Why did you not discuss this in the chat last night Powder? Who said you were the bad guy? If you want to meet people then you should of came out of your room. you did not even come to the raffle on saturday night to support our fundraising efforts. What did you imagine, the fact that you stopped for 30 minutes during the trail ride to play on water. We were on a trail ride not a play day. We had ground to cover and didnt want to be riding the lakes at night. Regardless you were in a different group. The fact that you were doubling on a one up sled might have some bearing on your outlook also. My understanding is that she has back problems to begin with and was hitting you in the back before we even hit the trails. As a matter of fact I was the last person to leave on saturday making sure everyone got started.
The vast majority of the attendees had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. I am getting really tired of you coming in here and having nothing to say, but slagging the ride. Maybe you have more issues than we know about seeing that you have some kind of obsession to post pics of scantily clad men.

Originally posted by permafrost@Feb 27 2004, 08:36 AM
If you want to meet people then you should of came out of your room. you did not even come to the raffle on saturday night to support our fundraising efforts. What did you imagine, the fact that you stopped for 30 minutes during the trail ride to play on water.
Here is my two cents again ah we did come out of are room and came down to the fund raffle oh like it was 6pm and the room was locked and it was me that got the door unlocked.. and every one was still in the bar... and by about 8 nothing still was going on so we had are own drunk in are Villa.. and for playing in the puddle we were so far behind at this point we were first... was there for a good time not along time..... lol

i must be dumb as a bag of hammers because i was thoroughly convinced eveyone had a great time, i did. :huh:

one way to keep this on the happy side is not respond to negative posts.

Originally posted by paul yarek@Feb 27 2004, 08:33 AM
one way to keep this on the happy side is not respond to negative posts.
I would agree 100% Paul.......BTW Deb and I had a great time. I would also like to thank sawman and Tempest for thier hospitality too!!!!

Originally posted by paul yarek@Feb 27 2004, 09:33 AM
one way to keep this on the happy side is not respond to negative posts.
I here that Paul.. This is my last post... Consider it done on this end .... Couldn't resist....

Powder, I'm sorry that you didn't have a good time. I'm not sure how you are in regarding to meeting new people. Generally, I am a recluse. In my case, I had to make a concerted effort to make sure that I found, and met fellow riders. If I hadn't, then I would have been pretty much alone the entire trip, and wouldn't have had any fun. I went where the people were, and intermingled that way. I also offered a hand anytime that it looked like somebody might need one. When it came to the main event Saturday, I purposefully asked which group was which. It insured that I knew who I was going to be riding with, so that I could maximize my enjoyment of the ride. The results were being one of what seeemed to be one of the relatively few to meet Jim Fritch, getting invited to Scott & Monique's chalet for pizza and drinks, as well as having those that I rode with, aware of my experience level and general running speed on the trails.

These types of gatherings are ones where you have to go up to people on your own. To wait for them to approach you, just isn't going to work. To dog on people here just plain isn't right. Scott specifically invited me out to ride Sunday during Saturday's events. In his case, I turned down the invite as I couldn't possibly visuallize keeping up with a former sno-cross rider. Hopefully, I'll be able to make good on that invite next year, and go on a ride with him. I'd love to be able to see him riding at his limits. Permafrost and one other person both helped me get the suspension of that rental sled adjusted so that the thing wouldn't beat the crap out of me on the trails. I was also offered the same by MXZWFO and Sawman on our first day out. Reverend was instrumental in making sure that our group was together as best as possible, and when we were down to just four of us, making sure that I was keeping up. Everybody was more than patient with me while I was dealing with blind riding from a fogging problem, causing me at one point to get seperated from the group.

IMO, the evenings events got started off late on purpose. Many people were late getting back to the resort that night. Kim wanted the best possible turnout. Again, meeting in the lounge with the rest of the group would have insured that you would have made the raffle.

Well it seemed for the most part everyone had a great time. I will diffinitely have to make it to the next one. G :dazed: :crazy:

Originally posted by paul yarek@Feb 27 2004, 10:26 AM
i must be dumb as a bag of hammers because i was thoroughly convinced eveyone had a great time, i did. :huh:
Me, too Paul. I worked a LOT of hours to get away from here and drove a lot of hours (not as many as some) to get there. I had a great time!! No question about it. I believe all that were involved in the planning did an excellent job. I'm sure that some things could have been done differently, but live and learn. How many have been to an organized snowmobile riding event of this size before to be able to compare? I'm betting not many if any. I have organized large events before and there is an extremely huge amount of work and time that needs to be invested. If you were not an investor, than I think it better that you keep your complaints to yourself or at the very least be constructive with your complaints so as to make the next ride that much better. Whining doesn't help the next ride. We would like to see you all at the next one and whiners are usually too embarrassed to show again. Think about it.

I think that Corey, LadyK, Permafrost, DPaige, DanR, and all the others involved in the planning process deserve a huge 'hats off' for an extremely successful event!!!

Tukes off to all of you!!

Cheers!

if one were to think about it i should be the one complaining because of the absence of the French Lady Killer. LOL. :ohmy:

Originally posted by powder@Feb 27 2004, 07:49 AM
so i am the bad guy and i imagined it all did i.no problem,as long as i am the only one that felt left out then i guess the ride was a success.i really looked forward to meeting some new people but it just didn't happen. :(
When I first read this post I was just going to ignore it, but I can't. :p

Powder, you posted your issues of why you aren't happy with the ride, and virtually everyone who has responded (including myself) has said that they are sorry about how your experiences turned out. To continue to post these type of posts means that you're looking for something else? I'm just not sure what...

We had a great ride on Thursday with MXZWFO and his wife Deb, and not to forget Wolfman (sorry about the 150 mile thing) we did not realize Wolfman it had been so long since your last ride.
We also did not get to ride with too many people Saturday because we were late getting going, my sled had trouble and had to get the spare out. But when we did hook up with a group of sw peeps helping someone out of the slush on Kenesis Lake, we enjoyed the ride!
It's not easy keeping everyone happy, but I think it went well. How can you not enjoy a day of riding?

Hey all, Just wanted to get in here and get myself knowen. Here as knowen as OnThinIce's daughter, Casey. :) :nimrod:

Tempest, don't feel bad for the 150 mile ride. I enjoyed every minute of it, and wouldn't have traded that for anything. My only regret there was not taking up on the offer to adjust that suspension. I would have been better off if we would have made those adjustments. Given the chance, I'd repeat that day without a moment's hesitation. Everybody showed me an awesome time on Thursday. Due to the flaky nature of the old Sportfire that I have, and also restrictions with the rentals in Yellowstone, I'd never had a night ride before then. That was an awesome experience. :thumbsup:

Originally posted by Andy Dragon@Feb 27 2004, 04:15 PM


I think it's time to just let it rest.
...... this from guy who could (and did) keep the entire wing of a hotel awake with his snoring !! :rolleyes: :D

Actually,

The snoring was from me.

:confused:

Snoring??? People were snoring??? :D

Originally posted by dpaige@Feb 27 2004, 04:36 PM
Actually,

The snoring was from me.

:confused:
I don't believe that ...... Francis said you two were up ALL NIGHT (just talking .... of course) :p

That track price just went up 75% Mike

Originally posted by dpaige@Feb 27 2004, 04:55 PM
That track price just went up 75% Mike
will it come back down if I promise not to show the pictures??

No, I believe everyone is aware that I am not Shy.

Modern day Bonnie & Clyde...who are these folks????

Originally posted by me&myMXZ583@Feb 23 2004, 08:34 PM
Paul and Lori, I hope your fear of water doesn't extend to personal Hygiene :p

Thanks to ALL SWRules
James

pics to follow
actually just a little time until the fear goes away for me then into the shower. i just don't like the sight of open water when i am on the ice.

hey James,

where are those pictures ?

i guess the guy that went for a swim in Dorset actually hit the bridge before he went down. :dazed:

Originally posted by Thumbdoctor@Feb 23 2004, 08:49 PM
We will have to come up with a 10 best of our Pinestone experience.
Best Cupcakes ~ LadyK
Best raffle MC ~ The lovely Paul Yarek
Best trails ~ Paudash
Best bird dog ~ DPaige
Best anecdotes ~ CrazyB
Best Peter Behnke look alike ~ Bill Murray

Taking the Cat across the canal at Dorset, the long way.

Reaching the other side....can't believe how long that was.

The ice was really chunky on this end.

Originally posted by MikeD@Feb 26 2004, 03:39 PM
This is what happens when you lend Paul Yarek your camera .... and ask him to get some good "footage"
:lookaround: i don't own a camera, i guess it shows. :blush:

Coudn't resist this pic....this one will be brought up for years to come!!!! Ken, if you're looking, GOTCHA!!!!!!!

This was the only good thing about Minden IMO. This was on the northeast side of town looking down from a hill, behind the OPP office.

Originally posted by JIM FRITCH@Feb 27 2004, 06:46 PM
Modern day Bonnie & Clyde...who are these folks????
you can't say Clyde isn't a gentleman pulling that chair out for his lady.

SWRules looks like the vast majority had a great time.sounds like all the leaders and sweepers did an excellent job of keeping everyone together....hats off to you and all that put this ride together.i only wish that i had found this site sooner so i could have joined you all.always next year..........love all the pics hopefully there will be more to come soon.

One of the few pics I took of the group....MikeD's wife, MikeD, Pete (MXZ7), Paul Y, and Kris (REVRND). What do you know, my camera still works too!!!!

Sheepdog (DP), Paul, me, and Pete's better side!!

A big thumbs up to all the ladies I got to ride with, Jacqui583, Terry, Donna, SA, Charlene, and Renee(Flower Picker). Nice to finally meet some ladies that have the same passion for riding as I doo.

Of course, DP keeping everyone straight.

Great pics guys and it looks like a great time was had by all, i still wish i could have been there. :(

If you look to the right, you can see the guys working on a Doo that went down in the canal. They had the pipes and airbox off when we arrived, and took them about another 45 minutes before they had it running. That would really suck.

We dearly missed all those that couldnt make it :(

Originally posted by LadyK@Feb 27 2004, 06:56 PM
We dearly missed all those that couldnt make it :(
I already miss those who did make it :(

I took this pic on Thursday when in Michigan on the way Pauls place.


This must be a really cool trucking company :D

Originally posted by mxz7@Feb 27 2004, 07:38 PM
I took this pic on Thursday when in Michigan on the way Pauls place.


This must be a really cool trucking company :D
That's the wealthy side of you family Pete that disowned you at birth!!

Originally posted by JIM FRITCH@Feb 27 2004, 08:40 PM
That's the wealthy side of you family Pete that disowned you at birth!!
Pete, I know how it feels. There's a Roenigk Transportation trucking company in the Pittsburgh PA area too.

I miss them too Pete :(

Kim,

I agree. The ladies really can kick a$$! I was really impressed by your skill and am thankful to have my REV so that I could keep up with you SWRules w00t

Originally posted by JIM FRITCH@Feb 27 2004, 07:52 PM
If you look to the right, you can see the guys working on a Doo that went down in the canal. They had the pipes and airbox off when we arrived, and took them about another 45 minutes before they had it running. That would really suck.
fiisty (a member that lurks) was there most of Saturday & kept an eye out for Team Renegade & me, but missed us. She said a guy sank his sled & when they fished it out, they didn't even attempt to get it running. I don't remember what kind of sled it was.

Anyone know how deep the water is thru there?

Revrnd,
i think that's the one that went in right in front of us. i can't remember them trying to start it. unless Laurie, Pete or James seen them tryng to start it.

anyways the water right in front of us was fairly shallow but i am sure just as cold as the deep water.

Originally posted by revrnd@Feb 27 2004, 08:15 PM
fiisty (a member that lurks) was there most of Saturday & kept an eye out for Team Renegade & me, but missed us. She said a guy sank his sled & when they fished it out, they didn't even attempt to get it running. I don't remember what kind of sled it was.

Anyone know how deep the water is thru there?
Kris, we were told 60 feet down the middle. Two Doos went down that day, a yellow one is the one your referring to I believe. When they pulled it out of the water, it came up on shore on its side :ohmy: So I don't think there was much hope in it running anytime soon. The one in the pic went down right by the shoreline, so it didn't go in too deep.

A local scuba diver supposedly makes a decent income off the poor sledders that sink their sleds. We heard for $700 he will suit up and go down to tie your sled up so it can be brought to the surface. Can't blame the guy, too bad we don't have water skippers around here...would give me a chance to use my scuba gear once in a while. w00t

Originally posted by powder@Feb 27 2004, 06:28 PM
i can't believe how brave you were to go that distance....... But then again, i ride a yamaha.. :lol:
LOL.....never said it was MY Cat going across the water!!!!! :p Do you think I'm crazy or something?!?!

The sled that we saw go down was a yellow zx chassis witht a young guy on it. They had it pulled out within 10 minutes but they didn't start to dry it out for some time. It wasn't running when we left. He sure swam quick for the shore BRRRR!

Originally posted by revrnd@Feb 27 2004, 08:56 PM
Pete, I know how it feels. There's a Roenigk Transportation trucking company in the Pittsburgh PA area too.
Ya, they got some money in area businesses as well. Nice people!!

After 1900+ miles, finally got home!!!!

Sleds in the driveway waiting for thier bathes.

any chance of a ride in haliburton next year??since i missed this years due to not finding this site till it was to late. :cussing: .if you need any help planning one for next year i will be glad to lend a hand.also i know a ski-doo dealer that would probably sponser it as well as a couple other places i could approach.let me know if there is anything i can do to help out.maybe we could start planning it for next january.....maybe the lakes won't be so slushy then.

Originally posted by paul yarek@Feb 27 2004, 11:16 AM
if one were to think about it i should be the one complaining because of the absence of the French Lady Killer. LOL. :ohmy:
i thought i was going to get a reaction from DanR with that post. where is he ? :slick:

Originally posted by JIM FRITCH@Feb 28 2004, 12:17 AM
After 1900+ miles, finally got home!!!!
Jim,
great looking rig, front row center for sure.

Glad you made it back Jim. That trailer sure is sweet, man i need one of them. Things sure look dismal in your neck of the woods though, not much snow around. You had better get your lawnmower tuned and ready, or you can jump back in your truck and meet us in cochrane or Wawa for the march break.

Indyrxl, the ride next year will be in the far north prolly Cochrane area.

Looks great :) Wish I could have gone, but I'm sure my towing vehicle would have broke down 10 miles from my house......with my luck anyway :tongue:

The only thing I didn't see, after reading some 15 pages, (I had to put on my glasses :blush: ) is who had the most miles? There should be an award for that, after all, this whole event was a big ride :D I'm guessing, from the sounds of things, that it would be a one Mr. Donovan Paige.....(correct??) So, how many miles did you rack up on your sled?

Other then that, looks like there were some sunny days for riding. Those are always the best IMO :thumbsup: :thumbsup: As to the organizers of this event, my hat's off to you. That is a lot of work. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Oh, one more thing, it's sure nice to see all your faces. I'm sitting here putting names and faces with your SW avatars :D :D

anything i can do to help.......let me know

Looked like a good time, will be there next year for sure :thumbsup:

Speaking of having a blast... :D

Here is a pic of Andy and DP having an absolute blast. Frank ,AKA Francis is playing peek-a-boo with the bartender :undercover: I think DP was trying to get his date drunk. :thumbsup: :inlove:

Originally posted by permafrost@Feb 29 2004, 06:55 PM
Frank ,AKA Francis is playing peek-a-boo with the bartender :undercover: I think DP was trying to get his date drunk. :thumbsup: :inlove:
:withstupid: It's nice that the SW community doesn't discriminate against those that choose an alternative lifestyle!!! You'll always be our friend DP, and Francis!! :D SWRules

Originally posted by JIM FRITCH@Feb 29 2004, 11:49 PM
:withstupid: It's nice that the SW community doesn't discriminate against those that choose an alternative lifestyle!!! You'll always be our friend DP, and Francis!! :D SWRules
LMAO

I guess when you look like that, you have better luck with drunk men.

I really hate it when you guys make me use my moderator powers for evil purposes.

I have been so good lately.

LMAO!!!!! :p SWRules

I leave for an hour or so and look what happens. Donny, that's a little bit of an unfair advantage, don't you think??? :p Let's see how long it takes for someone to notice and comment on it. :tongue:

Hey now thats just plain mean.

LMAO

I didn't know you were such a fan Jim. :inlove: :inlove: :inlove:

yours truly,

Fishie

And Fishog's post does not say " this post has been edited by the moderator (dpaige) " lol rotflmao w00t w00t

dp you are so mean. :D changing jim's member title to miss wisconson, and his sig as well. and fishies as well :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

:tongue: :tongue: :tongue:

Was it Annie Lenex that said " don't mess with the Moderator man " lmao

Jim,your signature needed to be updated anyways :p :p :p

Originally posted by cooley@Mar 1 2004, 05:02 PM
dp you are so mean. :D changing jim's member title to miss wisconson, and his sig as well. and fishies as well :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

:tongue: :tongue: :tongue:
Yeah, looks like he took my credits away too, because I've never used any and I'm down to 25!!!! :undercover:

you guys deserve everything he gives you......picking on him like that, its just not nice......


hey do i get a reward for sticking up for you dp :D :D :D :D :D :D :D uh do i??????????? SWRules SWRules SWRules

No, I am fining SW 100 SW Bucks for suckin' up!

I sat down on sunday morning and read all 15 pages ....well if you can live the dream you might as well read about it .....lol

DP I hope the room worked out well for you .

It looks like everyone( well almost ) had a great time and made some new life long friends and riding partners .

I did not see anything mentioned about our frearless leader Cory though, did he not make it ?

Also did anyone do an actuall head count ?

Sounds and looks like you all had a great time.Besides Wolfman and his Johndeer(not present at this event )did anyone else have a vintage sled for this trip?The only sleds I own are 1980 yamiha's and would like to catch up for a ride before the snow goes north for the winter.I'm by Pine Knob music theatre in waterford and would consider sharing travel expence to any future events.

I finally got my pictures off of my camera. So, here goes:

Here's the group I rode with Thursday. MXZWFO and Sawman. Also are their wives and a friend of Sawmans family. Sorry girls, I forgot your names. I'm horrible that way.

Just a shot looking back at the trail we had just come up.

Some trees. I like nature photography.

Old ruins of cabins.

The gathering for Saturday's big ride. Sorry for the poor quality of the photo. The catwalk above messed up the camera's light meter, and this was the best I could do to make the picture viewable.

Another

And another. This one got messed up as well.

Our group stops to play in a puddle.

A Rev sees if it'll sink or swim.

Somebody else samples the Revs ability to swim.

After the day's ride. It was time for the raffle. First, is LadyK, the primary planner for the ride.

Lots of people, and stuff.

Another.

another

And another.

I always manage to get one out of order. Here's a shot of our group for Saturday. The Formula MX was the only other vintage sled in the group. Unfortunately, it did not finish the day.

And finally, the sled that I got to ride, one Ski-Doo 380 fan 2 up touring. It's actually a testament to Ski-Doo that it got returned without being burned up trying to keep up with the big dogs. :D

Anyone notice the pic at the top of this page???

It's that sneaky bugger MikeD trying to talk his wife Sue Ann into Pilfering my renegade.

I let the guy ride it once and had to spray him with the garden hose to get him off.

Originally posted by dpaige@Mar 3 2004, 10:19 AM
had to spray him with the garden hose to get him off.
Usually it only takes a soft "come hither" and an adult fim ...... :D

I'm not that kind of girl!

Originally posted by dpaige@Mar 3 2004, 10:52 AM
I'm not that kind of girl!
No Kidding, he at least expects a dinner out of it :p :D :inlove: :inlove:

Renee

Wolfie,

Those photos are really good. It's fun to see everyone's photos of the ride (hint hint)

Renee

That's right ......... surely there's MORE pics out there !!

Originally posted by Andy Dragon@Mar 3 2004, 03:44 PM
Yes you are, and you know it...

:D
Uh oh ........ me thinks the ugly side of dp's mod powers might be visible again soon ......

I took some pics, but the digital was dead and I forgot to bring the charger :( and I had to resort to a disposable. I'll post them when I get them back. :D

Amazing I am impressed with all the positive posts and how everything went great.
And the pics look awsome!

Originally posted by dpaige@Feb 23 2004, 08:53 PM
Apparently when I ordered my X Package renegade they installed the Sea Doo package as well
Why did you not run it the LONG way?? Not a Sea-Doo till you do the whole thing.

OK... we finally have some pictures to upload. These were taken by our friend Teri. This first one is one of the lakes we crossed.

Hey! Who let the Polarii in? Looks like a Ski-Doo only event :)

The pic from Idooski is taken on the south end of Raven Lake just south of Dorset, Ontario. Idooski, show us some more of those great pics.

Perm

Originally posted by idooski@Mar 5 2004, 01:04 PM
OK... we finally have some pictures to upload.
it sure looks like a Ski-Doo rodeo :huh: if the Ski-Doo family see this one they'll for sure send us yellow underpants. :wink:

Well look here....

ttt

ttttt We had to add some colour to all the yellow....