VACATION - Day 2

Riders: MB, WildBill, Gregg
Miles: 90

It was great to wake up to fresh powder on our snowmobile vacation. We shut the water down at the camp and packed up for our two night stay at the Willough Vale Inn on Lake Willoughby. Gregg met us at the Love Shack at 8:00 and we trailered north. We stopped at All Around Power in St. Jay for oil and Lyndonville Diner for breakfast. We got to the Inn and took the tour of the main house and then geared up for a ride while we waited for check in time.

We unloaded Bill and Gregg's sled off the trailer and then disconnected it so we could get my sled off the truck. Bill and Gregg pulled it off and flipped it over on its side and broke my right mirror (d'oh). I wasn't happy about it but we taped it up with some electrical tape and got right on the trail.

We rode north along the Canadian boarder and then down to Island Pond. Just as we got to the pond we passed two state troopers on sleds. I usually blast across the lake at 70+ but I didn't want to open it up with the cops right behind us. Bill flew across and Greg and I hung back with the cops on our tail. They followed us over to the gas station where we stopped for a snack and bathroom break. It was 3:20 when we got there and we had to be back by 5:00 for check in. We rode fast to make it back in time to get the keys to our cabin.

We got the Peregrine cabin at the top of the hill right on the trail. We left the truck in the lower parking lot and carried our bags up on the sleds. We unloaded our stuff and then hit the trail again to get some dinner. We didn't have to ride far - Robin's Roost was less than a mile down the trail. We met our neighbors who were up from NJ with 8 kids (wow), had a quick dinner and headed back to the cabin.

Bill and Gregg took another quick ride down to the lake but I was done for the day. I'm not a huge fan of night riding. I love the views and unless it's a full moon you can't see much on nights like this. The storm has moved in and it is snowing pretty heavy. They are now predicting 8-12 inches tonight and tomorrow. I can't wait to get up and ride.

I hope the groomers get out there tonight and flatten out the trails. It was pretty bumpy around here but the further east we went the better the conditions got. I'm not sure where we're riding tomorrow but there should be plenty of snow wherever we go.

Stay tuned.