ITS HERE!!! We are proud to announce the:
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4th Annual Snowmobileworld.com Stateside Ride For Charity!!!</div>

The charity for this years ride will again be for the victims of breast cancer.
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Breast Cancer Facts

* An estimated 212,920 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in American women in 2006
* In 2005, the overall incidence of breast cancer in men is estimated to account for 1,690 cases
* Less than five percent of all breast cancers diagnosed each year in the U.S. occur in women under 40.
* 87 out of ever 100 women will survive without a recurrence for at least 5 years.
* The older a woman is, the more likely she is to get breast cancer.
* All women are at risk for breast cancer.
* Women should have a clinical breast exam at least every 3 years between the ages of 20-39 and every year after 40.

Known Risk Factors:

* Being a woman
* Getting older
* Having a personal or family history of breast or ovarian cancer
* Having your first child after at 30; or never having children
* Having a previous biopsy showing hyperpiesia or carcinoma in situ
* Starting menopause after age 55
* Drinking more than one alcoholic drink per day
* Being overweight after menopause or gaining weight as an adult
* Currently or recently using combined estrogen and progestin hormone replacement therapy (HRT)

*Information provided above is courtesy of: American Cancer Society, Inc. - 1-800-ACS-2345

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Everyone knows someone that&#39;s been afflicted with this terrible illness and we feel that this is an excellent cause.

This years ride will be held Monday January 28, 2008 thru Friday February 2, 2008 at the Americinn (http://www.americinnmunising.com/) in beautiful Wetmore, Michigan. Wetmore is only 3 miles from Munising, just minutes from Pictured Rocks National Lake Shore, and a short ride down to see Digger at the Jack Pine!

We always have some members and friends showing up early or staying an extra day or two, so we have reserved the block of rooms for Jan 27 thru Feb 3rd. We have 4 suites and 20 regular rooms set up in this block. Just let them know your arrival and departure dates when you call to reserve.

The charges for the suites are 89.90 per night and the regular rooms are 79.90 per night. Regular rooms are available with one king size bed or two queen size beds. Some are available with a refrigerator and microwave, but book quickly to get one of these. Each suite is a 2 room unit with a king size bed in one room and a queen size pull-out couch in the other and have a microwave and refrigerator. Roll away beds are available as well for an extra charge.

There is a gas station/convenience store located across the street and a Pamida grocery store located next to the hotel for any items that we may need while we are there. There is NO lounge inside the hotel, but we are allowed to use the pool area to get together, relax, and drink a few while we are there. The nearest lounge is just down the road at the Comfort Inn (1/2 mile away) and there is a bus that runs from our hotel to downtown Munising on Friday and Saturday. Cost of the bus is 3$ per trip or 10$ for a weekend pass. There is a nice restaurant called Sidneys that will deliver to the hotel for our ride.

We will be holding the raffle on Friday night with door prizes donated by various companies involved in the snowmobile industry. You won&#39;t want to miss out on this! It just gets better every year. We have a copy of the charity ride donation letter that can be emailed to you if you would like to help us get donations. Before you contact potential donors please in touch with Keith/idooski. We want to make sure that we don&#39;t have more than one member contacting the same company for donations. To get a copy of the ride letter contact puree, idooski, or mxzwfo.

Don&#39;t forget to bring along your spare canned goods again this year! In fact, if you don&#39;t have any, stop and buy a few cans to donate to the local food bank in Munising. Lets see if we can dwarf last years donation!!!

To reserve your room, simply call the hotel directly at 1-906-387-2000 and give them the password SW08 to get your discount. Keep in mind that these will fill up pretty fast, so don&#39;t wait till the last minute. The hotel has asked that we DO NOT use the computer to book the rooms as we will not get the reduced rate. Please call for your reservations. Once you have called and reserved your room, post it here and we will add your name to the list.

Lets fill this hotel up and have the BEST charity ride to date. We have had a great time the last 3 years. This years WILL top the previous 3!!!!

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Stay tuned to this post as we will post updates and any possible changes to the ride.


Attendees:
1 Brian / Puree
2 Aaron / Double A
3 Keith / Idooski
4 Donna / Keiths wife
5 Brian / mxzwfo
6 Debbie / Brians wife
7 Rick / snowmutt
8 Allison / snow4mydooplz
9 Butch / Snow Prowler
10 Dean / Rev-Head
11 Barb / BAT-DooBee
12 Barry / dooman
13 Dave / SLeDHeaDDude800
14 Jason / JasonF
15 Mike / Renegademike
16 Scott / Fastblack800cat
17 Jeff / jtkennedy9
18 Jonny / jeff&#39;s cousin
19 Jim Fulton / friend of puree
20 Kim Fulton / friend of puree
21 Mike Ruhlen / friend of puree
22 Ann Ruhlen / friend of puree
23 Dave Musser / Kidrocker
24 Fred / rollerdoo
25 Cathy / chickydoo
26 Mike Grant / videomike
27 Brandon / Lceskimo

Please send us a pm when you book your room so we can get the attendees list updated!! Lets make this year ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HERE IT IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We will be posting some "planned rides" as we get a little closer!

If anyone has a suggestion or would like to lead a group trip, please post it here. This years ride is going to be the best yet.

I do have a suggestion for a ride if I may...... :blush:

As more and more woman attend this ride it was my thought that it would be kind of cool to have an afternoon set aside for an all woman&#39;s ride. Donna, Terry, Cathy, Deb, Barb, Jen and myself( hope I didn&#39;t forget anyone) could take off and then the guy&#39;s could go and do thier own ride and then we all could meet back for dinner or something.

Although some guy&#39;s might worry about us please remember we have strength in numbers and we would all stay together so in case something happend everyone would be together. We would let everyone know our route ect......

Fine tuning would have to be done but wanted to put the idea out there. Maybe, just maybe, this could become tradition and grow over the years.....I don&#39;t know but I for one would love to prove that us woman can take off and have a blast on our sleds. The men could rip it up with eachother and goof off like men do. :lookaround:

Snow4

Can I make the same suggestion as last year? Have a night ride to a place in the woods, and have a small camp fire and roast up hot dogs.

I do have a suggestion for a ride if I may...... :blush:

As more and more woman attend this ride it was my thought that it would be kind of cool to have an afternoon set aside for an all woman&#39;s ride. Donna, Terry, Cathy, Deb, Barb, Jen and myself( hope I didn&#39;t forget anyone) could take off and then the guy&#39;s could go and do thier own ride and then we all could meet back for dinner or something.

Although some guy&#39;s might worry about us please remember we have strength in numbers and we would all stay together so in case something happend everyone would be together. We would let everyone know our route ect......

Fine tuning would have to be done but wanted to put the idea out there. Maybe, just maybe, this could become tradition and grow over the years.....I don&#39;t know but I for one would love to prove that us woman can take off and have a blast on our sleds. The men could rip it up with eachother and goof off like men do. :lookaround:

Snow4[/b]

I think it &#39;s a great idea and, no, I wouldn&#39;t worry about you guys as long as you are confident that you&#39;re good to go. There&#39;s always cell phones.

Would you like to handle mapping out a route and a meeting place? Are you thinking just a morning ride and maybe meet back up for lunch? Or maybe split up at lunch and head back and meet at the hotel? Let us know what you come up with.

Can I make the same suggestion as last year? Have a night ride to a place in the woods, and have a small camp fire and roast up hot dogs.[/b]


I see no problem with that Butch. Would you like to be in charge of an evening cook out?

I see no problem with that Butch. Would you like to be in charge of an evening cook out?[/b]
I would be HONORED to.

Sure thing Keith......I will Doo it ! I would suggest we wait a few day&#39;s so as the woman (including myself) can ride the area and become comfortable with the surrounding trails ect.... I often lead when I"m with Rick after I have seen a trail once or twice, but I"m pretty confident I could already get us to Jack Pine and back.

Snow4

I would be up to making the ribbions to wear agian this year . But this year still have the drawing ,figure a way to make it fair for everyone that did keep it all wk. Last year it seamed that alot of people lost theirs during the week out riding , maybe it was just the way they where pinned on or where it was pinned. Maybe hat tacks to hold them on this year so there&#39;s not so much of a chance of it flopping around and catching on things. I think it could of been the pins themselfs coming undone when they got pulled on , dose&#39;nt take much to tweak a safety pin out of shape
I think if we have a prize already dedicated to the drawing at the begining , people might make it a point to try not losing it .

OH and i&#39;ll do the ribbions for the sleds too. Would anyone be up for some kind of sticker honoring the event ? Just something to put on your sled, truck, or trailer to show your support to a good cause


mutt

I would be up to making the ribbions to wear agian this year . But this year still have the drawing ,figure a way to make it fair for everyone that did keep it all wk. Last year it seamed that alot of people lost theirs during the week out riding , maybe it was just the way they where pinned on or where it was pinned. Maybe hat tacks to hold them on this year so there&#39;s not so much of a chance of it flopping around and catching on things. I think it could of been the pins themselfs coming undone when they got pulled on , dose&#39;nt take much to tweak a safety pin out of shape
I think if we have a prize already dedicated to the drawing at the begining , people might make it a point to try not losing it .

OH and i&#39;ll do the ribbions for the sleds too. Would anyone be up for some kind of sticker honoring the event ? Just something to put on your sled, truck, or trailer to show your support to a good cause
mutt[/b]

I like the ribbon idea. Maybe you could just make a tag for each ribbon and have the tag filled out by the recipient. Then just use the tag for the drawing.

I had a sticker drawn up last year, but the people never got them done. I can try again this year if you like, but I would go to a different source.

I like the ribbon idea. Maybe you could just make a tag for each ribbon and have the tag filled out by the recipient. Then just use the tag for the drawing.

I had a sticker drawn up last year, but the people never got them done. I can try again this year if you like, but I would go to a different source.[/b]

I&#39;ll see what the graphic guy will doo where im getting my graphics done for my sled . Maybe he can whip something up along with a few other items as a donation on his behalf. He wanted to do something last year but ran out of time .

Oh .. we will need THE LETTER too for the donation drive , I ve already talked to the 2 dealers about it this year(great lakes power sports, nord ride motorsports).


mutt

I&#39;ll see what the graphic guy will doo where im getting my graphics done for my sled . Maybe he can whip something up along with a few other items as a donation on his behalf. He wanted to do something last year but ran out of time .

Oh .. we will need THE LETTER too for the donation drive , I ve already talked to the 2 dealers about it this year(great lakes power sports, nord ride motorsports).
mutt[/b]


If you&#39;re going to have it done, I would like you to take a look at the one we have drawn up and use that one if possible.

I have the letter here. We are just going over it to make sure that everything is right.

If you&#39;re going to have it done, I would like you to take a look at the one we have drawn up and use that one if possible.[/b]


Sure thing big guy :thumbsup: I ll mention it to him when I go to get my lettering done for my sled to see if he would be intrested and go from there. How big and how many would we like?

rick

Sure thing big guy :thumbsup: I ll mention it to him when I go to get my lettering done for my sled to see if he would be intrested and go from there. How big and how many would we like?

rick[/b]


I think they were 1 1/2 x 8, but I really can&#39;t remember for sure. And they were printed and die cut, so it wasn&#39;t just printed on there like a bumper sticker.

Did a little SW PR work on the way home from the union hall today . I have 2 more donors for the ride just have to go back when I get the letter.

One is Wheel refinishers who said they could do a gift voucher for powder coating . The other is Wheels USA in oxford mi (dealer) who would donate, he said the sled stuff is coming out in 2 weeks.

rick

Did a little SW PR work on the way home from the union hall today . I have 2 more donors for the ride just have to go back when I get the letter.

One is Wheel refinishers who said they could do a gift voucher for powder coating . The other is Wheels USA in oxford mi (dealer) who would donate, he said the sled stuff is coming out in 2 weeks.

rick[/b]

you are the man Rick.....thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We&#39;ve got Extreme powersports in Gaylord covered :thumbsup:

We&#39;ve got Extreme powersports in Gaylord covered :thumbsup:[/b]


GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :thumbsup:

It wont be long...

Hello All,

Get ready to be on TV again. I am donating TV media coverage of SW gathering for the third year.

SnowTrails TV has booked a room for the State side ride.
As many of you know, I believe in bring attention to cause and showing snowmbiling in a positive light.
We have donated TV exposure to 3 of the SW charity rides.

The 10 minute Jack Pine ride is featured in program 510 this season.

So I am looking for new program Ideas to give the story a little different spin?
What are your thoughts?
Additionally it would be great to have some of you be the guest host for this segment.

Thank you for all past cooperation in creating positive TV stories and I look forward to your help in making another good snowmobileworld made to TV story.

Please visit our website www.snowtrailstv.com and consider getting your Tour Pass,
This is the way that I am attempting to continue to fund SnowTrails TV after Ontario Tourism has dropped the major funding that kept us going over the past few years. I continue to need help to spread the word about SnowTrails TV. And Thank you all for front page website stories.

Your time effort and the exposure you bring is much appreciated Mike.

It&#39;s good to hear that you are going to be there for this years ride. Looking forward to it.

great to hear Mike :thumbsup: .

Greetings from the AmericInn Wetmore Michigan. I am sitting in the hotel as I type this,,, just want to let everyone know that this place is GREAT!!! We need to be getting our reservations set ASAP as they are currently booked. We still have 17 rooms available but the rooms will be taken off the block as of January 20th. FIRST COME FIRST SERVE.
Will see you all soon,,,,

Brian

Tried calling you guys on Thurs....How&#39;s the snow?

Tried calling you guys on Thurs....How&#39;s the snow?[/b]
out riding ,that answers it huh?

Tried calling you guys on Thurs....How&#39;s the snow?[/b]


There was no message on my phone.

Just a sneak peek , there&#39;s a Pamida dept store right next to it and BP gas station , subway just down the way about a half mi or so. It&#39;s not my cup of tea to much but it will work for the cause, I like the mom & pops places were your out away from all the hussle and bussle of traffic . Places like Diggers are my prefered spots food , gas and my own little camp where I can cook a meal if i choose to. I like it when I can get up to pee and can peek out the winder and see my babys resting for the next days ride.
As for the trails there... BE CARFULL !!! alot of conjestion ,tight and twisty to get out.

ALL in ALL it will be fun spending time with all our SW family members.

see everyone soon
mutt

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Rick, who is riding that new GSX doo? WFOMXZ?

We booked our room.

We booked our room.[/b]
Great News ! Looking forward to seeing you ! :thumbsup:

Snow4

We&#39;ve got Extreme powersports in Gaylord covered :thumbsup:[/b]
not on the list :confused: . mike bailout on the sw ride?

Mike and Jen had some things come up and are not able to make it this year,,, They will try to make it next year though,,,

I did not see myself on the confimed list but I have made reservations and plans to attend.
Currently in Quebec for the next 10 days. Returning Jan. 20th unless the snow is 2 deep.

Peace on the Trails,
Vm

You are on the list now, Mike! :)

Puree arranged for some donations from Honda East in Maumee, Ohio for the raffle. I am picked them up today and am dropping them off to sledheaddude to take up with him :cool:

Thanks again Honda East for a second year donation!
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Puree arranged for some donations from Honda East in Maumee, Ohio for the raffle. I am picked them up today and am dropping them off to sledheaddude to take up with him :cool:

Thanks again Honda East for a second year donation!
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Thanks Matt!!

Thanks Matt and Dave for getting them up there for me,,, I ran short on time and our family here helped pull us through it!!!

not a problem guys :)